08 April 2021 - 19:09 By Elizabeth Culliford The lawsuit, which was filed in District of Columbia Superior Court in Washington, alleges that Facebook, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg (pictured), Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and other executives violated the district s consumer protection law through their statements about removing rule-breaking content. Image: REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Civil rights group Muslim Advocates sued Facebook Inc and its top executives on Thursday, alleging they misled the US Congress and others by falsely claiming the company removes content that violates its policies.
The lawsuit claims that Facebook routinely failed to remove content that violated its rules, including anti-Muslim groups and pages flagged by rights organizations and experts. The filing said this included pages and groups with names that compared Muslims to filth and contained calls to unite against, purge or wipe out Islam.
U S -based Muslim advocacy group sues Facebook over claims it removes hate speech
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