Three
anti-racism associations in France have revealed their intentions to file legal
complaints against social networks Facebook ,Twitter and Youtube for refusing to delete "Hateful" content posted
on their platforms.
French Jewish Students Union- UEJF(http://jsustl.org/)
, anti-racism and anti-homophobia campaigners, SOS Racisme(http://sos-racisme.org/) and SOS Homophobie(www.sos-homophobie.org)
, said the tech firms had
removed only a fraction of 586 examples of hateful content the anti-racism
groups had counted on their platforms between the end of March and May 10.
According to the associations, French law requires websites to
take down racist, homophobic or anti-semitic material and tell authourities
about it. Twitter removed only four percent, Youtube seven percent and Facebook
34 percent."
Considering the little taxes Youtube, Twitter and Facebook pays
despite their profits, their refusal to invest in the fight against hate is
unacceptable," UEJF President, Sacha Reingewirtz said in a statement.
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