Facebook ropes in Hotstar's CEO Ajit Mohan to lead India operations

Facebook ropes in Hotstar's CEO Ajit Mohan to lead India operations

The logo of Facebook Inc. sits on an Apple Inc. iPhone smartphone in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Facebook has poached the head of Indian video streaming service Hotstar to take on the newly-created role of managing director of its Indian operations, as the social media giant faces pressure to tackle fake news and store more data locally.

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