Facebook sued for failing to remove anti-Muslim and hate posts

A lawsuit has been filed against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg by a Muslim civil rights group for allegedly misleading the public about its content removal policy.

A lawsuit has been filed against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg by a Muslim civil rights group for allegedly misleading the public about its content removal policy. The lawsuit has alleged that Facebook falsely claims of removing content that violates its policies, but it has not stopped anti-muslim hate from spreading on its platform, which has led to real-world harm. The complaint filed by Muslim advocates states that Facebook has allowed misinformation to run rampant on its social media platform despite Zuckerberg’s campaign to convince the public that Facebook takes down any post that violates the community standards. The report further accuses Facebook of not taking any action against hate speech despite being alerted about the same many times. “Hateful, anti-muslim attacks are especially pervasive on Facebook. Yet Facebook refuses to “remove” this content or “take it down,” as its executives repeatedly promised that they and the company would do when they learn of such content. Instead, in an effort to convince Congress, civil rights groups, and the public that their product is safe, Facebook’s officials have consistently misrepresented the company’s actual practices when it comes to enforcing Facebook’s own its own standards and policies to keep Facebook free of hate speech and other harmful content,” the lawsuit reads.