Facebook Hosts Anti-Muslim Groups Despite Zuckerberg Telling Congress the Platform Doesn't Tolerate Hate

Facebook Hosts Anti-Muslim Groups Despite Zuckerberg Telling Congress the Platform Doesn't Tolerate Hate

6 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pax8en/facebook-hosts-anti-muslim-groups-despite-zuckerberg-telling-congress-the-platform-doesnt-tolerate-hate

Last week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave more than 10 hours of testimony before Congress. During questioning before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) asked Zuckerberg about hate groups scraping data from users.

“We do not allow hate groups on Facebook,” Zuckerberg replied. “If there’s a group that their primary purpose ...is spreading hate, we will ban them from the platform.” That Friday, Facebook kicked prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer off its platform.