Meta blocks viral video in post alleging that BJP candidate in Bengal bye-poll ‘looted votes’

What happened: Meta removed a viral video posted by Aam Janata Unnayan Party leader Golam Nabi Azad that purported to show BJP candidate Shankharav Sarkar going behind a polling booth screen in Rejinagar, West Bengal. Why it matters: Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said candidates cannot go up to an electronic voting machine, only view it from a distance, and that nobody except the voter can touch it. The Congress party also posted the video, alleging vote stealing.

Meta removed a viral video posted by Aam Janata Unnayan Party leader Golam Nabi Azad that purported to show BJP candidate Shankharav Sarkar going behind a polling booth screen in Rejinagar, West Bengal.

Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said candidates cannot go up to an electronic voting machine, only view it from a distance, and that nobody except the voter can touch it. The Congress party also posted the video, alleging vote stealing.