Only after being exposed by Shurat HaDin, a pro-Israel NGO law center, Facebook admits “mistake” and finally removes one anti-Israel hate-page after having previously removed equally inciting anti-Palestinian page.
By Paul Miller
In an email sent Wednesday afternoon to the Haym Salomon Center, Facebook rescinded its initial decision that a page that incited hatred and violence against Israelis met “community standards.”
Facebook founder and remarkably also Jewish, Mark Zuckerberg. – Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
“As you may have noticed, we have now taken down both those pages as we made a mistake earlier,” a Facebook spokesperson explained in the email.
The two referenced pages are “Stop Palestinians” and “Stop Israelis.” Both pages were set up by Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center as a test to determine how much hateful and violent incitement is tolerated on the social media website. Continue Reading »