The probe was initiated after a Bavarian lawyer reported the company to police, accusing its management of allowing racism, Holocaust denial and violent threats to remain on the site without consequence.
Facebook is legally bound in Germany to delete all known content which can be considered incitement of hatred. The criminal complaint lists a series of postings which were reported to the company but were not deleted, with the complainant either being ignored or receiving a standard reply describing the post as “harmless”
A Facebook spokesman told FAZ that the company would "examine [the situation] calmly and if necessary respond with a statement".A criminal complaint against Zuckerberg at the start of the year failed after prosecutors said that they could not investigate because the accused did not reside within the borders of the German justice system
The prosecutors in Munich claim that the social media giant has systemically failed to remove posts that incite hatred. The news came amid widespread alarm among political circles at the increasing volume of hate speech on social media especially after the arrival of over 900,000 migrants in 2015
The prosecutors in Munich claim that the social media giant has systemically failed to remove posts that incite hatred. The news came amid widespread alarm among political circles at the increasing volume of hate speech on social media especially after the arrival of over 900,000 migrants in 2015
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