At a time social media networks are facing complaints of being selective towards free speech , a Facebook page administrator in India is questioning Facebook's mechanism of taking down posts which "don't adhere to its community standards." Pratik Sinha, the administrator of Facebook page The Truth of Gujarat, has been blocked by Facebook thrice since the last week of February for his posts. The posts, according to him, were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the RSS and BJP, but were not abusive or violent. Launched in 2013, Pratik, who is also a member of a civil liberties group in Gujarat, says the idea behind his website was to provide an "alternative voice from Gujarat which remains unheard under the discourse of Modi's projection of Gujarat." His efforts to express his concerns to Facebook have proved futile. He also wrote to Facebook's India Managing Director, but didn't receive any response.

He also pointed out the difference between Facebook and Twitter. While TOG's Twitter handle has nearly 17,000 followers, Pratik says "not a single post has been taken down from the micro-blogging site."

Currently, Pratik is taking steps to lessen usage of Facebook and use other distribution platforms for sharing his content. He has already opened an account of TOG on cloud-based instant messaging service Telegram.

"There's no other way," he said.