Advertisement
Australia markets closed

  • ALL ORDS

    7,817.40
    -81.50 (-1.03%)
     

  • ASX 200

    7,567.30
    -74.80 (-0.98%)
     

  • AUD/USD

    0.6417
    -0.0008 (-0.13%)
     

  • OIL

    83.26
    +0.53 (+0.64%)
     

  • GOLD

    2,408.40
    +10.40 (+0.43%)
     

  • Bitcoin AUD

    100,222.27
    +1,551.63 (+1.57%)
     

  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,334.09
    +21.47 (+1.58%)
     

  • AUD/EUR

    0.6023
    -0.0008 (-0.13%)
     

  • AUD/NZD

    1.0903
    +0.0028 (+0.25%)
     

  • NZX 50

    11,796.21
    -39.83 (-0.34%)
     

  • NASDAQ

    16,994.87
    -399.44 (-2.30%)
     

  • FTSE

    7,895.85
    +18.80 (+0.24%)
     

  • Dow Jones

    37,911.80
    +136.42 (+0.36%)
     

  • DAX

    17,737.36
    -100.04 (-0.56%)
     

  • Hang Seng

    16,224.14
    -161.73 (-0.99%)
     

  • NIKKEI 225

    37,068.35
    -1,011.35 (-2.66%)
     

Facebook temporarily blocked searches for 'resignModi'

The company says it’s ‘looking into’ why the hashtag was hidden.

Karissa Bell
·Senior Editor
·1-min read
Screenshot / Facebook

Facebook temporarily blocked searches for a hashtag that called for the resignation of India’s prime minister. The hashtag #resignModi was hidden from search results on Facebook, including in the United States, on Wednesday. The incident comes just days after Twitter was widely criticized for hiding tweets criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as a wave of COVID-19 cases devastates the country.

A Facebook spokesperson confirmed that the hashtag is no longer blocked and said “we are looking into what happened.” Previously, a notice on Facebook indicated the hashtag was hidden for violating the company’s community standards, but didn’t specify which. The hashtag currently has at least 12,000 posts, according to Facebook.