(GugukluhayaT) Facebook sued for $1 billion over Intifada page

Facebook sued for $1 billion over Intifada page
[Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg]
Released on - Saturday,02 April , 2011 -02:06

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have been hit with a lawsuit
seeking more than $1 billion in damages over a page on the social
network which called for a "Third Intifada" against Israel.

Facebook this week shut down the "Third Intifada" page, which had
almost 500,000 fans, but the lawsuit filed in a court here claims that
the social network showed "negligence" by not quickly responding to
appeals to remove the page.

Besides awarding damages, the complaint calls on the court to bar
Facebook "from allowing the Facebook page titled 'Third Palestinian
Intifada,' and other related and similar sites, which advocate
violence and death to Jews."

The suit, a copy of which was obtained by technology blog TechCrunch,
was filed in DC Superior Court by Larry Klayman, who describes himself
in the complaint as "an American citizen of Jewish origin" who is
"active in matters concerning the security of Israel and all people."

Klayman also identifies himself as the founder of Freedom Watch, whose
website describes it as a political advocacy group dedicated to
protecting privacy, free speech and other rights and "our national
sovereignty against the incompetent, terrorist state-controlled United
Nations."

Facebook dismissed the case as "without merit" and said it would
fight.

"While we haven't been served with a complaint, we believe the case is
without merit and we will fight it vigorously," a Facebook spokesman
said.

Facebook shut down the page on Tuesday, several days after Israeli
Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli Edelstein sent a letter to Zuckerberg
urging him to remove it.

Facebook said the page was initially tolerated because it "began as a
call for peaceful protest" but direct calls for violence began
appearing and the page was removed for violating Facebook's policies.

via http://freeworldnewrbegining.blogspot.com/

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