Instagram and Facebook have removed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's post, in which Rahul had revealed the rape and murder of a minor girl in Delhi and the identities of her parents. Earlier, Instagram and Facebook had issued a notice to the Congress leader in the matter of making public the identity of the family of the Delhi rape victim.
Facebook took action on Tuesday, a week after it received a summons from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and wrote to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asking him to remove his post on Instagram, in which he was a 9-year-old rape victim was seen with his parents.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had earlier written to Facebook asking the social media platform to take action against Rahul. On August 13, the NCPCR had issued a summons to Facebook, asking its representatives to appear in person. Because the representatives did not respond to the notice. However, after taking action, Facebook mailed Rahul and asked him to remove the photo. When Facebook sent a copy of the mail to NCPCR to Rahul Gandhi, the child rights panel exempted it from summons.
On August 4, the NCPCR had asked Twitter to take action against Rahul Gandhi's account in the same matter. After this, Twitter had locked the account of the Congress leader, although his account was restored on Saturday. The NCPCR had said that disclosing the identity of the girl's parents violated Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, Section 23 of the POCSO Act, and Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code.
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