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Muslim advocacy group sues Facebook over its hate speech policies
Social media platforms have long been under scrutiny for how they handle hate speech
Reuters
April 09, 2021
A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
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.
FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Illustration/File Photo
U.S. government, states ask judge to deny Facebook s request to dismiss lawsuits businessNews Reuters Staff WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission and a big group of U.S. states asked a federal court on Wednesday to deny Facebook Inc’s request to dismiss major antitrust lawsuits filed against the social media giant in December. The FTC, in its filing, said Facebook bought photo-sharing app Instagram because Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg believed it was “a large and viable competitor” and purchased the messaging app WhatsApp to neutralize a nascent threat. The FTC has asked the court to order Facebook to sell those assets.