Muslim Advocacy Group Sue Facebook For Failure In Controlling Anti-Muslim Hate Speech: Bloomberg

A Muslim American advocacy group known as Muslim Advocates filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc FB in Washington for the violation of local consumer-protection law due to its failure in tackling anti-Muslim abuse, seeking monetary damages, and a court declaration regarding Facebook’s breach of law, Bloomberg reports.
Facebook failed to remove content that violated its hate speech rules despite its assurances to the lawmakers and government.
A 1996 federal law protected internet platforms including Facebook, Twitter Inc TWTR, and Alphabet Inc’s GOOG GOOGL Google’s YouTube from lawsuits for alleged nonremovable of inappropriate content.
Along with several civil rights organizations, Muslim Advocates have repeatedly demanded Facebook remove anti-Muslim bias and white supremacist content, including permanently eliminate former President Donald Trump’s account from its platform after the January Capitol riot.
In 2017, Muslim Advocates handed Facebook a list of 26 groups whose pages violated the company’s community standards. As of April, 18 out of the 26 groups remained intact.
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