After a hearing on Thursday, Judge Anthony C. Epstein of the D.C. Superior Court denied Facebook Inc.’s motion to dismiss an Anti-SLAPP Act motion. The
On Monday, the District of Columbia's chief law enforcement officer announced that he filed an amicus brief urging the court not to exempt Facebook from
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According to a press release, Muslim Advocates filed suit against Facebook Inc., its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, and two other high-ranking employees on Thursday alleging that they violated the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act by falsely testifying that the social network takes down content that violates its policies. The plaintiff, a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to halting bigotry, argues that, contrary to Facebook’s commitment, the platform does not do enough to remove hateful anti-Muslim posts leading to serious online and real-life consequences.
The Superior Court for the District of Columbia complaint explained that company executives have testified on Capitol Hill that Facebook removes hate speech and other content that calls for violence from its platform. Yet, the plaintiff claimed, Facebook was used “to orchestrate the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, mass murders of Muslims in Indi