Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Facebook HQ Sunday Sep 27,2015

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg host a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted the power of social media and his own goals for developing India’s tech economy on Sunday, speaking to a global audience from a “town hall” meeting at the headquarters of the world’s largest social network.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also vowed to improve education for girls and “bring more women into decision-making” in his country, while responding to a handful of questions during a carefully orchestrated session led by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

“The strength of social media today is that it can tell governments where they are wrong and can stop them from moving in the wrong direction,” Modi said, in remarks translated from Hindi by an interpreter.

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