While some comments tended towards verbal abuse, some others seeked logic and reminded people of what the essence of Zuckerberg's post was. Facebook later issued a statement and removed the image in question.
Mark Zuckerberg's post has sparked another war of words on social media between India and Pakistan.
[Update 1:00 p.m. 15 May,2015: The info-graphic in question has been removed and a statement from facebook.com has been issued and appended to this article]
A post sharing news about the facebook.com CEO's brain child 'Internet.org' lead to a rather unpleasant series of comments. Why? Along with the news that Malawi now has free Internet Zuckerberg also posted an info-graphic.
Indians soon noticed that a part of India's north was missing in the info-graphic. Almost instantly after Zuckerberg posted Akhil Dev commented " Great Job, Please correct the Indian MAP on this Picture, Kashmir is Missing." While the comment was a rather innocuous one, seeking a correction of the info-graphic, it opened up a much uglier debate. One that perhaps has the two countries in knots for over half a century,'Where exactly is Kashmir?'
Ashu Dhar posted "Dear Mark, you have been to India several times, you should have confirmed the Indian map, before sharing this photo. I belong to that state which you have not shown as part of India. Truly disappointing."
While some comments tended towards verbal abuse, some others seeked logic and reminded people of what the essence of Zuckerberg's post was.
James Doctore Murphy "He brings you free internet, u complain about a map, take it away again Mark, they do not know how to respect it as you can see...."
Amol Swift commented explaining the logic behind the map, "I'm an Indian and this should not offend you! Kashmir is a part which is not completely controlled by our Government. This map shows India with only its parts being controlled by the Government perhaps thats why there isnt any Kashmir in it"
While the debate continued with over 200 replies and comments to Akhil Dev's observation Zuckerberg had been silent on the subject, however facebook.com later on May 15, 2015 issued a statement. The image has been removed since then.
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