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Why we sued Facebook and what we want.
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Facebook’s “failure to enforce its own moderation policies has caused a wave of anti-Muslim abuse.” https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/8/facebook-sued-over-failure-to-police-anti-muslim-hate-speech
“Every day, ordinary people are bombarded with harmful content that violates Facebook’s own policies on hate speech, bullying, harassment, dangerous organizations, and violence.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-08/facebook-sued-for-failing-to-police-anti-muslim-hate-speech
“Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was ‘making false and deceptive statements’ when he told Congress that the company removes content that violates its hate-speech rules.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/08/muslim-advocates-facebook-lawsuit/
“Facebook routinely failed to remove content that violated its rules...this included pages and groups with names that compared Muslims to ‘filth’ and contained calls to ‘unite against,’ ‘purge’ or ‘wipe out’ Islam.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-lawsuit-hate/u-s-based-muslim-advocacy-group-sues-facebook-over-claims-it-removes-hate-speech-idUSKBN2BV2NP
“If Facebook’s executives had enforced their own Community Standards and policies as they promised, a significant amount of the anti-Muslim hate and realworld damage could have been avoided.” https://thehill.com/policy/technology/547104-muslim-advocates-allege-facebook-deceived-congress-users-over-content
“At heart, it’s a fraud case: Just as any other company cannot make false claims about its practices, the group says that if Facebook is not going to take down dangerous content, then they should at least be honest about it.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/muslim-advocates-facebook/
“Just like a car company can’t exaggerate how safe their product is to boost sales, Facebook isn’t allowed to do that either...They are lying about the safety of their products to avoid regulation by Congress.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/04/08/facebook-hate-speech-muslims-lawsuit-zuckerberg/4844524001/
“What we're saying in the lawsuit to Facebook is, 'Do one of two things: Stop lying, or have your actions conform to your statements.” https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/985143101/stop-lying-muslim-rights-group-sues-facebook-over-claims-it-removes-hate-groups
