Mark Zuckerberg, founder of facebook
there is no place on Facebook for hate speech against migrants: Zuckerberg
Precisely in Germany, Facebook was criticized recently for failing to react more strongly to certain racist publications and anti-immigration content.
February 28, 2016
the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg said the social network needs to take stronger measures against “hate speech towards migrants”
Zuckerberg , who visited on Friday the German capital during a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her chief of staff, he offered a public conference in Berlin, which were invited about 1,000 people, in which he identified himself migrants as a group that needs protection.
Precisely in Germany, Facebook was recently criticized for failing to react more strongly to certain racist publications and anti-immigration content.
tensions around the migration crisis have intensified in Germany and other European countries in recent months.
protests against migrants increased in some parts of Europe.
according to the Minister of justice of Germany, Facebookactúa faster to remove images of sexual content to do with racist messages.
in January, it was reported that the German authorities were working on a deal with Facebook, google and Twitter paraasegurarse that laws take precedence over corporate policy.
When asked to clarify the position of Facebook in this regard, Zuckerberg said “there is no place for that kind of content in Facebook or in our community “.
” Learning more about German culture and its laws has allowed us to focus on changing the focus, “he said.
” we have heard the message loud and clear ” Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg did not specify how it intended to stop this kind of material, but said that “hate speech towards eranuna migrant important part of what we now have no tolerance Facebook”.
However, the founder of Facebook did say that part of the efforts consist of creating a team to work with the police to combat hate messages towards immigrants in their social network.
“we know that criris of migrants is a sensitive issue, and is something we are increasingly committed. There is still work to be done, “said the founder of the popular social network.
” We have heard the message loud and clear and are willing to do better, “he said.
Germany receives more refugees and asylum seekers than any other country in the European Union, many of them from war-torn countries, such as Syria.
the increase in the number of migrants entering the country coincides with elincremento anti-immigration groups .
and meanwhile, tensions grow in Germany, on and off the Internet, especially after sexual assaults that took place during the last New Year’s Eve, for which they are blamed, largely, to the migrants
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