Meta has responded to Ashwini Vaishnaw’s X post calling Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on the Indian election ‘disappointing’. The Instagram parent company apologised for its CEO’s ‘inadvertent error’ and reiterated that India is an ‘important country’.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while taking offence to Mark Zuckerberg‘s recent remarks about Indian elections, had wrote on X, “As the world’s largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 elections with over 640 million voters. People of India reaffirmed their trust in NDA led by PM @narendramodi Ji’s leadership. “
“Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect. From free food for 800 million, 2.2 billion free vaccines, and aid to nations worldwide during COVID, to leading India as the fastest-growing major economy, PM Modi’s decisive 3rd-term victory is a testament to good governance and public trust. @Meta, it’s disappointing to see misinformation from Mr. Zuckerberg himself. Let’s uphold facts and credibility.” the minister added.
Meta apologizes for Mark Zuckerberg’s error:
Meta Vide President Public Policy, Shivanth Thukral while replying to Ashwini Vaishnaw’s post wrote, “@AshwiniVaishnaw @narendramodi Dear Honourable Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw , Mark’s observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in 2024 elections holds true for several countries, BUT not India. We would like to apologise for this inadvertent error. India remains an incredibly important country for Meta and we look forward to being at the hearrt of its innovative future.”
What is Mark Zuckerberg say?
During his appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that incumbent governments, including India’s, lost the trust of voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted that many elections in 2024 resulted in losses for these governments.
“A lot of people in the US focus on this as an American phenomenon, but I kind of think that the reaction to Covid probably caused a breakdown and trust in a lot of governments around the world, because 2024 was a big election year around the world. And you know there are all these countries, India, just like a ton of countries that had elections and the incumbents basically lost every single one of them (sic),” Zuckerberg said.
