A district court in Gurugram has summoned Alibaba and its creator Jack Ma in a case in which a previous staff member in India says he was wrongfully fired after challenging what he viewed as censorship and fake news on company apps, documents seen by Reuters revealed.
The case comes weeks after India cited security concerns in prohibiting Alibaba’s UC News, UC Browser and 57 other Chinese apps. Following the ban, which China has actually slammed, India sought composed answers from all impacted business, consisting of whether they censored content or acted for any foreign government.
In court filings dated July 20, the former employee of Alibaba’s UC Web, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, alleges the company used to censor content viewed as damaging to China and its apps UC Web browser and UC News showcased false news “to cause social and political chaos”.
Parmar, who worked as an associate director at the UC Web office in Gurugram until October 2017 and is seeking $268,000 in damages, referred Reuters queries to his legal representative, Atul Ahlawat, who