Friday, 4 November 2016

Germany investigates Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook over failure to remove hate posts

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

Prosecutors in Germany have launched a formal investigation of Mark Zuckerberg and other executives at Facebook, the Munich prosecutor's office said Friday, over a complaint that Facebook broke German laws against hate speech and sedition by failing to remove racist hate-posts on the social media service.

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