Breaking: Facebook shuts down 'Third Intifada' page
Facebook has shut down a controversial page that was promoting a 'third intifada' to begin on May 15. Despite previous statements saying they would monitor but not remove the controversial Facebook group calling for a Third Intifada, Facebook administrators shut down the group early Tuesday morning in response to enormous pressure from pro-Israel activists. All links to the group now go to users personal Facebook profile.Sounds like a lesson the 'Palestinian Authority' needs to learn as well.
The group had been calling for a march on Israel to “liberate” Palestine beginning on May 15. It remains to be seen how Facebook will respond if similar groups emerge with similar message of a Third Intifada.
New media expert Andre Oboler, one of the first to discover the group was down, told HonestReporting that Facebook made the correct decision shutting down the group. “It’s about time,” he said. “Facebook needs to learn to distinguish between the right to ‘attack’ conceptual ideas, and the ‘wrong’ of attacking people be it because of their race, religion, nationality or political view. When they start to understand that, perhaps they will stop making so many mistakes.”
UPDATE 5:25 PM
Haaretz reports that there is already a replacement page up, but they may be referring to this one, which is a spoof.
Labels: Facebook, incitement, intifadeh
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:14 PM
1 Comments:
Zuckerberg is a good man who listened to his conscience. truly decent human being who possesses wisdom and common sense.
Does free speech mean BDS and terrorist groups can hijack Facebook in a campaign to unleash violence, terror and war on Jews ?
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