Twitter, Facebook Sued by French Jewish Group Over Hate Speech

  • Jewish group filed legal complaint also targeting YouTube
  • Lawsuit seeks clarity on how social networks are moderated
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A French Jewish youth group sued Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google over how they monitor hate speech on the web, highlighting the challenge -- and potential costs -- for Internet platforms to regulate user-generated content.

The lawsuit filed at a Paris court by the Jewish youth group called UEJF is seeking more clarity on who moderates social network posts and how it’s conducted. Together with an anti-racism and an anti-homophobia group, UEJF published a report earlier this month showing Twitter, Facebook and Google’s YouTube deleted only a small number of posts flagged as hateful, threatening or promoting violence.