NEW DELHI: Facebook<\/a> representatives failed to give satisfactory responses to the questions raised by the parliamentary committee on personal data protection bill, 2019, on the sensitive issues of storing data of Indian users outside the country, safeguarding its leakage and misuse, payment of corporate and other taxes here, ideological and other biases while blocking users and the process of vetting advertisements that appear on its site.

Facebook officials Ankhi Das and Bhairab Bhattacharya deposed before the joint committee on Friday during a sitting that lasted for more than two hours. Members cutting across party lines posed questions and most of them were not satisfied with the replies given by the company representatives.

Sources said MPs sought to know the details of data flowing out of India. Facebook officials, who were deposing to give suggestions on the personal data protection bill, 2019, suggested that data flow outside India should be allowed as it's useful for start-ups, commerce between nations and other economic purposes.

\"The Facebook officials were of the view that the clause in the bill that says data of Indian users should be stored in India should be dropped. This was not acceptable to the committee members,\" the sources told ET.

The members sought to know about the repository of data and the safety of the same as its leakage can lead to serious issues. A member said, according to one of the sources mentioned above, several Indian Facebook users had shared their blood group in search of donors or to donate during the Covid-19 pandemic. Storing such health-related data - blood group, health background, city and so on - in another country and its leakage could lead to misuse.

The committee also asked the Facebook team, it is learnt, whether it planned to change its policy in the wake of its recent tie-up with Jio, which adheres to the Indian privacy and data protection laws. They did not give any clear answer, the sources said. The lawmakers felt the data should be categorised as personal, sensitive, commercial and so on.

The parliamentary panel<\/a> also sought to know how the advertisements put up on Facebook are vetted, according to a source. This issue gains importance in the wake of the recent Tanishq advertisement on various channels and platforms. Sources said the Facebook representatives informed the committee that the vetting was done by its US-based staff. Their reply on the methodology followed for vetting didn't convince the panel.

The FB team suggested the clause in the bill on consent for usage of social media without parental guidance should be reduced to 13 years. The bill says it should be 18 years.

They also maintained that various other clauses on consent should be removed and the authentication methodology and process should be made voluntary. The Facebook team said the clause on \"inference drawn\" from a post put up by a user is too wide and should be removed.

At one point during the meeting, one of the opposition members fumed that the Facebook officials appear to have come unprepared, presuming that the MPs do not know much about the social media and the various ways in which it can be misused, said a source.

The joint committee sought to know how much corporate tax Facebook pays in India, which is its biggest consumer base. The Facebook officials informed the committee that there are more than 450 million FB users in India, 400 million WhatsApp users, and a 100 million Instagram users (these two are also owned by the company).
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Facebook官员推翻国会小组之前,“失败给满意的反应”

Facebook官员Ankhi Das和Bhairab Bhattacharya废黜前联合委员会周五在坐着,持续了两个多小时。跨越党派成员提出问题,他们中的大多数都不满意的答复公司代表。

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新德里消息:脸谱网代表未能给出令人满意的回答提出的问题议会委员会对个人数据保护法案,2019年,印度用户存储数据的敏感问题以外的国家,维护其泄漏和滥用,支付公司和其他税收,意识形态和其他偏见而阻塞用户和广告审查的过程中,出现在其网站。

Facebook官员Ankhi Das和Bhairab Bhattacharya废黜前联合委员会周五在坐着,持续了两个多小时。跨越党派成员提出问题,他们中的大多数都不满意的答复公司代表。

消息人士表示,国会议员试图知道的细节数据流出印度。Facebook的官员,他们废黜给建议的个人数据保护法案,2019年,表明数据流应该允许印度以外作为初创企业是有用的,国家之间的商业和其他经济的目的。

“Facebook的官员们认为,该法案的条款说印度用户的数据应该存储在印度应该下降。这是不能接受的委员会成员,”消息人士告诉等。

成员试图了解存储库的数据和相同的安全作为其泄漏会导致严重的问题。成员说,根据上面提到的来源之一,印度一些Facebook用户分享他们的血型寻找捐赠者或捐赠在Covid-19大流行。存储等健康相关数据——血型、健康背景、城市等等——在另一个国家和它的泄漏可能会导致滥用。

委员会还要求Facebook小组,据了解,是否打算改变其政策后,最近与Jio结盟,坚持印度隐私和数据保护的法律。他们没有给出任何明确的答案,消息人士说。议员们觉得应该归类为个人数据,敏感、商业等等。

的议会委员会也试图知道如何审查广告张贴在Facebook上,根据来源。这个问题最近收益的重要性Tanishq广告在各种渠道和平台。消息人士称,Facebook代表通知委员会,审查是由其美国员工。他们的答复方法随访审查没有说服面板。

FB团队建议法案的条款同意使用社交媒体没有父母的指导应减少到13年。比尔说,它应该是18年。

他们还坚持认为,其他条款同意应该删除和身份验证方法和过程应该是自愿的。条款的Facebook小组称“推理”一篇由用户太宽,应该删除。

会议期间,反对党成员之一怒称,Facebook的官员似乎都措手不及,认定议员不了解社交媒体和各种方式,它可以被滥用,来源说。

联合委员会试图知道Facebook支付企业所得税在印度,这是其最大的消费群体。Facebook的官员告诉委员会,在印度,有超过4.5亿Facebook用户4亿WhatsApp用户和1亿Instagram用户(这两个也属于公司)。