Facebook and Twitter officials summoned by Parliamentary panel on January 21

The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology (IT) has summoned officials of social media companies Facebook and Twitter on January 21 in connection with the prevention of misuse of social media. According to Lok Sabha Secretariat notice, the agenda of the next sittings of the panel will be "Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook and Twitter on the subject 'Safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space." The sitting will be held from 4pm onwards on January 21. The 31-member parliamentary standing committee on IT is headed by Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram constituency.