On May 27, screenshots of a publish made by Meenu Handa, reportedly a Corporate Communication Director at Google, began to make rounds on social media platforms.
In the stated publish, she had shared a derogatory art work in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “Always in awe! How do they think of these things, so creative,” with a wink emoji.
Dear @GoogleIndia, is Meenu Handa your Employee? pic.twitter.com/iprfl3XjHh— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) May 27, 2021
Dear @GoogleIndia & @Google is Meenu Handa your Employee? pic.twitter.com/CQIcdND0H3— Ramesh Vaghani (@RameshVaghani) May 27, 2021
Meenu Handa is a Corporate Communications Director at Google. Google Does communication on this stage! @GoogleIndia pic.twitter.com/l12SIcPQsg— Modi Bharosa (@ModiBharosa) May 27, 2021
The stated publish was initially created by Allen Shaw, who had focused PM Modi over the brand new IT ministry pointers for social media giants claiming to be ‘intermediaries’, “India’s new social media rules. Dear Government, please do not confuse a public toilet with your throne.”
Original publish by Allen Shaw. Source: Facebook
As the publish began to make rounds on social media, Meenu Handa locked her account on Twitter. However, we managed to scan her profile and located a number of posts displaying blatant hatred in opposition to PM Modi and the present union authorities. It must be famous that she had retweeted posts from serial fake-news peddlers like Prashant Bhushan and Kunal Kamra, liberal ‘journalists’ like Shekhar Gupta, and Congress social gathering workplace bearers like Srivatsa YB and Gaurav Pandhi.
Post of Modi-hater Prashant Bhushan RTed by Meenu Handa. Source: Twitter
Another deceptive publish shared by Meenu Source: Twitter
Another publish blaming PM Modi for the surge in Covid circumstances. Source: Twitter
Meenu expressing happiness over report suggesting PM Modi’s reputation is declining. Source: Twitter
Another deceptive report shared by Meenu about Centra Vista venture. Source: Twitter
Misleading The Print’s report about Covid scenario in India. Source: Twitter
A publish by Congress’s Srivatsa. Source: Twitter
A publish by Congress’s Gaurab Pandhi evaluating PM Singh and PM Modi. Source: Twitter
A publish RTed by Meenu displaying Republic’s Arnab Goswami as a canine. Source: Twitter
Handa’s timeline on social media shouldn’t be about being against insurance policies of the present authorities or voicing dissenting opinion. The shares are extra about displaying a visceral hatred in opposition to PM Modi, usually in a derogatory method.
Most not too long ago, she additionally retweeted a hyperlink shared by Rana Ayyub, the so-called journalist who has been operating propaganda in opposition to PM Modi because the time when he was CM. The publish was linked to an article written by Umar Khalid, who’s at present lodged in jail for his alleged function within the anti-Hindu riots of Delhi in February 2020. The article talks in regards to the “struggles” Khalid goes by means of in jail and tries to whitewash his wrongdoings.
Meenu RTed a publish by Rana Ayyub with a hyperlink to an article written by terror-accused Umar Khalid. Source: Twitter
Other politically biased tech firm bigwigs
This shouldn’t be the primary time giant tech companies have appointed people with blatant and obtrusive political bias on decision-making posts. In 2018, it got here to note that Twitter India’s coverage head Mahima Kaul had made a number of derogatory posts in opposition to Prime Minister Modi up to now. When the screenshots of her previous posts began to make rounds on social media, she deleted them.
In June 2020, Siddharth Mazumdar was appointed by Facebook as coverage head. Mazumdar’s Twitter account NyaySahay was crammed with hate posts in opposition to PM Modi. He had mocked and abused PM Modi repeatedly and even commented beneath union ministers’ posts in very derogatory language.
In August 2020, it was revealed that one in all Facebook’s officers, recognized as Vijaya Moorthy, is a Modi-hater and a devoted follower of the Congress Party. On her LinkedIn profile, she talked about her job as Policy supervisor for Facebook India. Also, Ankhi Das, former Public Policy Director, Facebook India, who was termed as BJP agent by opposition leaders, had expressed her open admiration for TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and Aam Aadmi Party.