Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Court rejects Syrian refugee's case against Facebook

A German court on Tuesday rejected a case between Facebook and a Syrian refugee whose selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel made him the target of racist trolls.

SWEDEN-BASED ARAL BALKAN, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST:

“I’m disappointed by this ruling.

Facebook is trying to have it both ways.

Facebook is a private enterprise and it wants us to think that it’s a public space.

If it was a public space, like a park, you go to a park and nail some photos to a tree, you have individual responsibility there.

But if posters start showing up at a mall,



source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/07/court-rejects-syrian-refugee039s-case-against-facebook/

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