The committee, led by Congressman Shashi Tharoor, had proposed vaccinations to officials before Facebook representatives came to the meeting, sources said.

The social media giant Facebook officials decided to appear, sources said, after agreeing to take a tougher stance with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, led by Congressman Shashi Tharoor. Facebook executives were determined to do so, which appeared to be in line with the recommendations the panel received but was later rejected by the committee.

Parliament’s Standing Committee rejected a major request by the FCC to set up a digital assembly that would replace body images and cites companies’ COVID insurance policies. The committee also called on Twitter executives to submit their solutions in writing. She suggested that vaccination commissioners come to the digital assembly instead, the panel said.

Committee members made it clear that no meeting would be held without officials present. The committee called on all Twitter executives to submit their solutions “in writing.”.

On 18th June, the Standing Committee of Parliament had also called the officials from Twitter on similar issues and the company sends two of its senior officials to appear before the committee physically. Noting the fact, the committee has taken cognizance of the fact that social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are ignoring the rules made by the government and the social platforms are being run from outside the country.

The Standing Committee has not finalized the dates of the meeting yet. The committee has also decided that all other major social media companies must send their representations physically.