A Facebook Inc. executive in India who was at the center of a political storm over the company’s policy on anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform is leaving the company effective today, the company said Tuesday.

Ankhi Das, the social-media giant’s top public-policy executive in its biggest market by users, said in an internal Facebook post that she had decided to step down from Facebook to pursue her interest in public service, according to the post supplied by the company.

The…

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