Days after Mark Zuckerberg’s remark on a podcast that several governments, including the one in India, lost power in elections held after the Covid-19 pandemic, Meta apologised for the comments, citing it as an “inadvertent error”.
Shivnath Thukral, Meta India’s vice president of public policy, via a post on social media platform X, said: “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 heart of its innovative future.”
On Monday, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had said that a Parliamentary panel will summon representatives of Meta between January 20 and 24, seeking an apology for Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks.
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…
— Shivnath Thukral (@shivithukral) January 14, 2025
Appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg had said that in elections around the world in 2024, most incumbent governments, including the one in India, had been voted out of power.
“There is some sort of global phenomena, whether it was inflation because of the economic policies to deal with Covid or just how the governments dealt with Covid, seems to have this effect that is global, not just the US, but like a very broad decrease in trust, at least in the set incumbents and maybe, in sort of these democratic institutions overall,” the Facebook founder said.
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