Mark Zuckerberg may have given Kapil Mishra's example to explain 'incitement of violence': Report

Facebook may have hinted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra’s controversial speech in February, allegedly linked to the Delhi riots, qualifies as 'incitement of violence' as per its community guidelines.

Mark Zuckerberg, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media giant listed out certain instances which violate the community guidelines.

“You know, if somebody is actually going to encourage violence, I think in general, you just — you just don’t want that content up. But our policies around incitement of violence, you know, have pretty — have some clear precedents right around if people have to be calling for violence or targeting specific individuals. There have been examples of government officials around the world, we have taken them down. There was a legislator in Hong Kong who called for the police to come in and clear out and kill the protesters to restore order in society. You know, that was — that’s obviously inciting and calling for violence. We took that down,” Zuckerberg said in a video interaction with 25,000 of his employees.

As per Vox, Zuckerberg reportedly said: "There have been cases in India, for example, where someone said, 'Hey if the police don’t take care of this, our supporters will get in there and clear the streets.' That is kind of encouraging supporters to go do that in a more direct way, and we took that down. So we have a precedent for that."