Germany issues fine to Facebook

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July 2, 2019 - 9:20 AM

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have issued Facebook with a $2.3 million fine under a law designed to combat hate speech.

The Federal Office for Justice said today that the social networking company had failed to meet transparency requirements for its handling of hate speech complaints.

The agency said Facebook’s report for the first half of 2018 didn’t reflect the actual number of complaints about suspected illegal content, which in Germany includes anti-Semitic insults and material designed to incite hatred against persons or groups based on their religion or ethnicity.

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