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Meet the next chair of the ABA Journal Board of Editors
The ABA Journal Board of Editors has selected a new Chair, retired Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr., who will take over the post from the current Chair, Alice E. Richmond, after the ABA Annual Meeting in August. Dixon is a senior judge on the District of Columbia Superior Court who retired from active service in 2015 after 30 years on the court. He chaired the court’s electronic filing pilot project and its technology-enhanced courtroom project. He is a former member of the ABA Board of Governors and the ABA House of Delegates. He gave this statement to the Journal: “I am humbled by the responsibilities that face me as the chair-elect of the ABA Journal Board of Editors and enthusiastic about the opportunities. For reasons I cannot explain, I have gravitated to volunteer service in publication entities for much of my li
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An advocacy group sued Facebook for allegedly misleading Congress regarding hate speech moderation.
The suit claims Facebook failed to remove most anti-Muslim groups presented to them in 2017.
The Muslim Advocates suit underscores how tech platforms fail to moderate anti-Muslim content.
A Muslim advocacy group this week sued Facebook for failing to curtail hate speech, part of tech s broader problem stopping Islamophobic speech.
Civil rights group Muslim Advocates filed a suit against Facebook and four company executives in the District of Columbia Superior Court for lying to Congress about moderating hate speech.
Facebook sued for failing to control anti-Muslim hate speech
The suit filed by Muslim Advocates, a civil rights group, alleged that Facebook has created an atmosphere where Muslims feel under siege.
By Usama Hazari| Published: 10th April 2021 7:21 pm IST The lawsuit claimed that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was making “false and deceptive statements” by falsely claiming that the company removes content that violates its policies.
“Facebook has created an atmosphere where Muslims feel under siege,” the suit said.
The lawsuit also claimed that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was making “false and deceptive statements”, and had misled the US Congress and others by falsely claiming that the company removes content that violates its policies.