Days after virtual protests were held condemning the 'ban' on Communist Party of India (CPI) politician Mullakkara Retnakaran's verified Facebook page, the account has been restored. As of February 15, MediaNama was able to access the account. A NewsMinute report from February 14 evening said that the account was then suspended. On June 10, the former minister in the Kerala government took to Facebook from his personal account to explain the issue and wherein he opined that the suspension of his verified Facebook page may be related to a post critical of the BJP government's handling of the Covid situation in India. In an update posted in Malayalam, loosely translated in English, Retnakaran said, "We started the page last year before lockdown started. There have been no provocative or offending posts. The posts are only commentaries on political and non-political issues. The content of the updates is moderate in nature." Retnakaran said that posts are pushed by admins only after reading and making sure they're alright. "Now Facebook has banned me from posting on a verified Facebook page in my name from the beginning of this month. They say I violated their community standards. Now, if I violated community standards, the violation in question should be explained in the Page Quality category of the page. But again, that page says there is no problem with the verified page," he said. Retnakaran claimed that he mailed Facebook several times requesting them to revert back on their decision, but the social media…
