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Billion lawsuit against Facebook
Several US families of stroke victims in the Middle East have Facebook sued a billion dollars for Pain and suffering. Your accusation: The Online network has given radical Islamists a platform.
Because Facebook makes the radical Islamic Hamas, an Online network, relatives of Victims of Palestinian bombers is suing the US company to a billion Dollar (EUR 905 million) for Pain and suffering. The Israeli organization Schurat Hadin filed the lawsuit in a New York court on behalf of relatives of five stroke victims. There are four of US-Israelis and a US citizen, have been killed since June 2014.
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Breach of anti-terror legislation?
The appellant can argue that Facebook have let the Hamas knowingly his “social media platform and communication services”. This is in contravention of the anti-terrorist legislation in the United States, which grant it the US companies saying, “designated terrorist groups and their leaders material support, services included, to”.
The head of Schurat Hadin, Nitsana Darschan-Leitner, who is representing other attorneys, the victims relatives, said Hamas representatives had committed in the procedure the treated plots either. The most important thing was to bring Facebook to strict action against incitement of Violence by Palestinians.
Facebook: No place for violence, Terror and hatred
Facebook commented on the suit with the universal Declaration, in the case of the Online network is not a place for content that encouraged violence, and direct threats, terrorism, and hate speech. The network users could report content that violated, in their view, the “Standards” of Facebook. The company could investigate these complaints, then, “and quick to take action”. The financial service Bloomberg not received previously by E-Mail the answer, Facebook external in media law disputes.
Israel, East Jerusalem and the West Bank to be shaken since last autumn of a wave of violence. In the process, 214 Palestinians, 34 Israelis and two US citizens and two foreigners were killed. The majority of the Palestinians killed were proven or suspected assassin, using mostly a knife for their attacks.
cr/jj (dpa, afp)