Sir: What else you may expect from BJP governments in Delhi and Srinagar doing to Kashmir valley — mobile and Internet services are down (except state controlled BSNL service), no 2G/ 3G connectivity, WhatsApp suspended, print media gagged as printing presses sealed. That’s the way Indian government thinks it can strangle the voice of dissent in the valley. Being a brutal partner in Kashmir conflict, it prefers to go for disproportionate use of force to quell the public protests, clamp news blackout and make the world blind and deaf towards Kashmir. But how come Facebook became a party in this conflict standing next to Indian government. A number of Kashmiri, Indian and non-Indian accounts discussing unrest in Kashmir, posting pictures or videos of public protests and atrocities meted out by paramilitary forces were suspended and profiles were blocked by Facebook. Why is it so? Because a number of teams of ‘super patriotic’ Indians working in ‘Contact Facebook’ in India and the US were active to achieve Indian government goals, not of their employer. Though they all hid behind the much acclaimed Facebook’ Community Standards’. No one will disagree with Facebook if they block militants’ accounts and their profiles. But if Facebook thinks those hundreds of young, youngest as of 4 years, boys facing lifelong blindness and disability, thanks to straight fires by forces using pallet guns, are militants and those bringing these atrocities to light are terrorists or their supporters, then sadly Facebook has become a party in Kashmir conflict. Facebook is an international organisation, serving billions of people and it should not get into ‘taking sides’ habit in local conflicts only because of its employees pressure. Though Facebook has taken a public stand on these account suspensions, why not it holds an internal enquiry to know what’s going on under its nose, by its own buddies. MASOOD KHAN Jubail Saudi Arabia