{"id":311893,"date":"2021-07-29T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/german-court-faults-facebooks-past-handling-of-hate-speech\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:48:38","slug":"german-court-faults-facebooks-past-handling-of-hate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/german-court-faults-facebooks-past-handling-of-hate-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"#German court faults Facebook\u2019s past handling of hate speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#German court faults Facebook<\/a>\u2019s past handling of hate speech<\/strong>”
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BERLIN \u2014 A German federal court on Thursday faulted aspects of Facebook\u2019s handling of \u201chate speech,\u201d at least in the past. It ruled that the social network giant can\u2019t delete posts without at least informing users afterward, and must give users advance notice when it moves to suspend their accounts.<\/p>\n

The Federal Court of Justice considered two cases dating back to August 2018 in which Facebook deleted comments taking aim at Muslim migrants and people of immigrant origin and suspended the users\u2019 accounts. It ordered the company to restore the posts.<\/p>\n

The court found that Facebook wasn\u2019t entitled to delete the posts and suspend the accounts under its April 2018 conditions of use, which barred users from violating \u201ccommunity standards\u201d and banned \u201chate speech,\u201d which it did not define more precisely. It said that \u201cusers of the network are inapp<\/a>ropriately disadvantaged, contrary to the requirement of good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook is entitled in principle to set standards that go above and beyond legal requirements and to reserve the right to delete posts and suspend accounts, the court said. But it must commit itself to informing a user at least after the event about the removal of a post, and to giving advance notice of plans to suspend an account \u2014 giving the user a reason for the suspension and the possibility to respond.<\/p>\n

Facebook said in an emailed response that it welcomes the federal court\u2019s ruling that it is entitled in principle to remove content according to its own policies and to suspend the accounts concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will examine the decision of the Federal Court of Justice carefully to ensure that we can continue to act effectively against hate speech in Germany,\u201d it said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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