Here are five points to explain the controversy surrounding Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks that led to the Meta India’s apology to India.

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Meta’s India public policy head apologised on X to IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks about India made in an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast

Mark Zuckerberg's claim about India's 2024 elections triggers backlash, with Meta issuing an apology and Indian leaders slamming the misinformation.

Reaction from Thukral came after Vaishnaw said Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-Covid was factually incorrect.

In a podcast, Mark Zuckerberg said that the incumbent government in India lost the election in 2024 due to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, issued an apology on Wednesday after its CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a controversial remark about India’s 2024 elections. Thi

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had earlier called out the remarks made by Zuckerberg on the Joe Rogan podcast. "Mr. Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections,

Meta India apologised for the "inadvertent error" saying that India remains an incredibly important country for the tech conglomerate.

The apology by Meta India comes a day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary panel on IT, said it would summon the company's officials over Zuckerberg's remark.

A Meta executive clarified that while Mark Zuckerberg's observation about many incumbent parties not being re-elected in the 2024 elections is true for several countries, it does not apply to India. Zuckerberg has earlier commented on the 2024 general election,