Berlin: German Federal Court on Thursday aspects that blame Facebook handling “hate speeches,” in the past.
It decides that the social networking giant cannot delete posts without at least telling users, and must give users notification first when moving to suspend their account.
The Federal Justice court is considered two cases since August 2018 where Facebook removed comments aiming for Muslim migrants and people from immigrants and suspending user accounts.
Company command to restore posts.
The court found that Facebook was not entitled to remove posts and suspend the account under the condition of its use in April 2018, which prohibits users from violating “community standards” and prohibit “hatred speeches,” which is not properly defined.
It is said that “network users are not lucky, contrary to good faith needs.” Facebook has the right to the principle to set standards that exceed legal requirements and to be entitled to remove posts and suspend accounts, said the court.
But it must be committed to telling users at least after the event about posting posting, and to provide advanced notifications about plans to suspend the account, giving users reasons to respond to suspension and possibilities to respond.
Facebook said in a response sent by email that he welcomed the federal court decision which was entitled to the principle to remove the content according to his own policy and to suspend the account concerned.
“We will examine the federal court decision to be careful to ensure that we can continue to act effectively against hatred in Germany,” he said.
German court error, handling facebook hatred speech
