Israel Matzav

Facebook won't remove intifada promotion page

Facebook will not remove a page that promotes a third terror war against Israel beginning on May 15, although it says that it will 'monitor' the page and remove hateful comments from it.

"Third Palestinian Intifada," established on Facebook less than a month ago, calls for a third Palestinian uprising to begin May 15. The page, which as of March 27 had more than 330,000 friends, includes quotes and film clips calling for killing Jews and Israelis, and for "liberating" Jerusalem and Palestine using violence. It also directs users to related content on Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere.

In a statement released to several media outlets, Facebook commented on the Third Palestinian Intifada page controversy.

“While some kinds of comments and content may be upsetting for someone -- criticism of a certain culture, country, religion, lifestyle, or political ideology, for example -- that alone is not a reason to remove the discussion," the statement said. "We strongly believe that Facebook users have the ability to express their opinions, and we don’t typically take down content, groups or Pages that speak out against countries, religions, political entities, or ideas.”

Individual posts and comments on the page that are considered problematic are being investigated by Facebook and removed, according to reports.

An Israeli government minister and the head of the Anti-Defamation League have called for the removal of the page.

I wonder how long a similar page with content against Muslims would last. Anyone want to put one up and find out?

Labels: Facebook, intifadeh, Palestinian incitement

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:13 PM