"Foreign influence operations are a matter of concern for India as has been evident from the manner in which global media outlets have reported on Indian democracy and the general elections in recent times," Shashi Shekhar Vempati, a former CEO of India's public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, remarked.
"However, given that India has been subject to influence operations from multiple states with varied geo-political interests often at conflict one other, it is concerning that the only billion-people democracy is being viewed as a petri dish for digital influence experiments," the Ex-CEO stressed.
"Zuckerberg is always going to be an asset of the US State Department. He is a puppet of the US administration and is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing," Rodrigues underlined.
"Today it is Sputnik and RT, tomorrow it might be someone else. It is dangerous to the freedom of speech that social media stands for. In a way, it is clear that Meta would only promote pro-US content on social media platforms, which is hypocritical," the Indian politician concluded.