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Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued For $1 Billion Over Intifada Page
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from ZDNet: "Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for their role in furthering a 'radical' Facebook Page called 'Third Palestinian Intifada,' which openly advocated another uprising against the citizens of Israel. The complaint reserves the right to be amended into a class action suit and prays for compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $1 billion. ... As a quick refresher, Facebook originally said it would not remove the page but would monitor it instead. The company later pulled the page after discussions degraded into violence and hatred."
As usual, this is my annual first post to the first story after the April Fools Day Denial of Service day on Slashdot. And boy do we have a good one tonight....
Where's the dropdown box to lower the number in the story to something more reasonable than a billion?
Facebook had it right. When the page was new there was no problem with it. When it devolved into hate speech by both sides, it was pulled. All's well, nothing to see here.
April fools! This story is totally fake!
Isn't it?
April fools!
This will be tossed out instantly. #1: Where does the amount come from? #2: This random idiot can't sue on behalf of "society" or whatever the hell he's doing. The government, or possibly victims if any violence did occur, would have to do that. #3: I'd bet the farm that there's no proof. #4: Is not blocking hate speech a crime/tort? I don't think so.
What is he trying to be compensated for?
What a retard.
I'd like to sue Israel for having to hear them whine about their problems for my entire life.
Enough already, they are not even funny to begin with. Seriously, April Fools is overrated and the domain of the inferior intellect.
oh we're posting real stories now? In all seriousness, this lawsuit is frivolous.
April Fo.... April... What? You mean some nutjob is suing FB because someone posted something controversial? Not going to fly. Facebook didn't post the content, its not theirs. As the blurb says, the graphics and backend belong to FB, the comments and 99.99999999% of the content belongs to the people who posted it. Whole governments don't like some of what Facebook has on it, but they know better than try to sue.
...except for people I disagree with.
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all."
-- H.L.Mencken
93rd rule of Slashdot: No matter how obvious my sarcasm is, my comment will be taken seriously by someone.
Anyone can sue anyone for any reason at any time. I could sue a random stranger in the grocery store for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby. If a verdict was awarded, this might actually mean something.
-Arthur
Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules
This is another example of the Fundamentalist Christians fucking up World politics because of their mythology. If they didn't believe that Israel was going to save them from Hell, they would stop supporting the those land thieves.
Let's face it, the Arabs are pissed because the Jews took their land. And the Jews got it because Western Europe wanted them out of there.
"Yeah Jews, it sucked what the NAZIs did y'all. There's some land, take it, and now, GTFO!"
Yes ladies and gentlemen, all this horseshit in the World is in fact indirectly the Jews fault.
Yours,
Mel.
Is pimping a ZDNet editorial (propaganda piece). Sure doesn't read like a regular news story.
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
Would it be so hard to organize a group on somewhere other than Facebook? This is not the first time a large, controversial group was shutdown on Facebook.
Suing for a million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? Suing for a billion dollars.
This guy being the founder of the 'Freedom Watch' ? exactly whose freedom is he watching ?
Read radical news here
there is little genetic difference in between arabs and jews. actually, the people of that region are practically from the same semitic ancestry.
moreover, their culture is totally the same. judaism, islam, christianity are only minor branches. ALL of these build upon established (thousands of years ago, even before themselves) traditions and legends and beliefs of the region.
they are one people. but one thing you are right about is, they are indeed the source of all the problems of the world - their culture has been one of control of a single person claiming divine ancestry and belief, over all others, even before sumerians. it still goes on till this day, albeit there are more than one controllers now, in compliance with necessities of modern times.
Read radical news here
Look at the scheming Jew as he shows his true colors.
Jew rats aren't content with stealing Palestinian land and water. They want to make sure that their genocide against Arabs is a secret as possible. This is why the Jew wants to control Facebook, and why they stole Slashdot's April Fool dropdown box.
Only a kike would sue Facebook for the fact-based content produced by one of its users.
Israeli courts have moved the course of the wall several time based upon Palestinian territorial claims, for example.
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
The Six Day War doesn't matte now. The old rhetoric about driving the Jews into the sea probably doesn't matter either. I think thus far the problem has been :
(a) The Palestinians have never had a really credible peace directed leader.
(b) Israel only rarely has leaders who credibly want peace.
If even a significant minority of the Palestinians were following some strong Imam who preached peace, well that'd likely inspire the Israelis to elect someone sane. Instead : The PLO/PA's leadership focusses more upon their own bank accounts. Hamas' are a bunch of religious psychopaths. Israel's right wing are equally psychopathic. And Israel's moderate politicians cannot retain power without acquiescing to the right.
The wall is helping though.
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
Usually my allergy to stupid becomes more manageable around on Friday around 5pm Eastern... This just sent it flaring up again.
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
For all the anti-free-speech "we need to limit free speech." Why not let them incriminate themselves in public? Doesn't that serve the public good? If someone is going to commit a murder they're going to do it.
Only 1 billion? Facebook is worth at least 20 trillion.
If Facebook is going to ban one side's speech, let's see them do the same for the others. And yet Facebook pages with such titles as "mavet laaravim" (Death to the Arabs) abound...
Yet the entire world sees them as a hate group
Uh, maybe because they are? Parading around with signs that say, "God hates $subject"... ...Yeah, sorry, I can't be civilized in the presence of such stupidity. They're a fucking hate group. Are you completely blind? By what twisted, deranged logic could you even dare to imagine these twatwaffles aren't a hate group?
You mess around with Israel and you get your ass kicked.
When they said they would not pull it, but would monitor it, they opened themselves up for litigation. This is the sort of thing that's allowed common carriers at least the illusion of immunity from persecution over what goes through their networks. As soon as Facebook said they would monitor it, that was a statement that they are not a common carrier. By "monitoring" it, they assumed responsibility for it.
Bad move on their part, no matter what you might think of the subject.
"I am an Adept of Tantric VAX."
I live in Germany, so I can tell you, you are not allowed to say anything against the Jews. It does not matter what they do, how many kids they kill, how many lives they destroy. You are an anti-Semite if you say anything other than, jews are awesome and can do no wrong.
Suing for a million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? Suing for a billion dollars..
Facebook originally said it would not remove the page but would monitor it instead. The company later pulled the page after discussions degraded into violence and hatred.
Facebook allowing free speech, only removing things once they get to the TOS (and law)-breaching point of hate-speech? It it still April 1st over there? o_O
I mod down anyone who says "I will be modded down for this", regardless of the rest of their comment
At least he isn't suing for 21% more than the world's GDP...
In analogy, the government should be sued for maintaining the roads that bank robbers use to drive away with the money.
I think they should also sue the ISP used to discover/watch said page, and then also the manufacturers of both the server hardware as well as of the computer used to view it.
it's totally all right to, for example, steal more and more land from the Palestinians...
When will the extremists on both sides stop frustrating every step towards a solution...
Privacy is terrorism.
ah, as an Israeli it's always nice to see comments like "... If the Israelis would stop committing crimes against humanity ...", that's right "crimes against humanity" as exactly what we do here in Israel, every day in the morning i wake up and think what new crime against humanity i can do today AND how can i make Palestinians to suffer more.
let me tell explain what "Third Palestinian Intifada" means to a regular 27 year old Israeli like me who have served in IDF for 3 years, and did NOT forget the "Second Palestinian Intifada". it means I'm gonna wake up every morning, open my TV and find out another Palestinian blow him self out in a bus/train/whatever, I'm gonna first call my parents and ask if they are OK, and then I'm gonna think witch one of my friends might have been there, and call them too, hoping they are OK too.
I know Palestinians people did suffer a lot (so did the Israelis), but look around us, look at Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, i promise you, the Palestinians in occupied territories have a lot more rights, freedom and are safer then citizens in this countries. everyone who see in "Third Palestinian Intifada" something legitimate just don't know that this three words mean. hope Palestinians will start thinking with their brains instead their "honor" and continue building their state with the help and money they are provided with instead fighting Israeli citizens, a fight they can't really win.
Good thing most Jews are not around to defend the Jewish state of Israel!
Great timing, posting on the Jewish time of rest.
The only legal action I could understand is someone suing Facebook for infringing free speech in taking the page down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAPP
No comment about whether the page is right or wrong, but the reaction might be considered against free speech.
A strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.
http://www.metafilter.com/102139/If-I-had-known-then-what-I-know-now-the-Goldstone-Report-would-have-been-a-different-document
Summery : Israel has committed fewer war crimes than people imagine.
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
I'm glad Facebook took down the page; it was pretty vile hatred. I do support freedom of speech, but it should be on your own dime. A corporation like Facebook is not under any obligation to serve as a platform for speech and it can and should impose rules about what can be posted.
On the other hand, I don't think the lawsuit is a good move. The plaintiff doesn't have a leg to stand on. Facebook did the right thing; it's time to move on.
In other news, Jewish people continue to show support to the Jewish State of Israel over the Palestinian people. What else is new?
See subject-line above, & these "prime examples" below via links to the originals of WHY hairyfeet shouldn't have gone to "ITT Tech" (because he clearly doesn't even understand how HOSTS files benefit you for added security, speed, and even to a degree extra 'anonymity' online):
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Static vs. Dynamic (lol, "according to hairyfeet"):
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Only thing constantly changing's your "math", 3x ++ or more no less:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2061048&cid=35686444
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http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2061048&cid=35686566
as well as this:
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Hairyfeet's single solutions FAILURES? See inside:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2064694&cid=35690260
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The defeat of hairyfeet by APK videos:
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They say it all, & usually vs. hairyfeet's own words quoted!
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P.S.=> Personally though - because hairyfeet is only a "techie"? I suspect he doesn't want people to know about HOSTS files' benefits to the end-user: Why? Because if users stop getting so much "malware-in-general" which layered security (and HOSTS) give you, he's out money...apk
I will like to suit Israel for 2 billion dollars for their treatment of Palestinians :)
Why is it that Zuckerberg is continually getting sued out of his ass? There really isn't a reason, He has created one of the most powerful social tools in the history of man kind. What do people try and do? Pull him back down into the shitter. Haters gunna Hate. No one. No one, can deny how much good Facebook has done for the world. Only the assholes who ruin it, talk down.
It's not legal in the United States to incite people to commit violence against others. Hate speech is not protected as free speechsorry I can't figure our how to sign in!
NT.
Well, not exactly; I have a further comment: I might not be a Zuckerberg and posse fan, but Facebook should not be responsible for this.
Not all Israelis belong to the same religion.
You're mixing up two different things.
FYI, Rachel Corrie + some googling : http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5864 and just for the record, i do value all human lives unconditionally.
It'll never end. The fight for a bunch of sand that imaginary superheroes shat on at one point in time goes on and on, the song that never ends.
You want to know how to help your kids? LEAVE THEM THE F*&K ALONE. --George Carlin
Has anybody actually read the complaint? IANAL by a long shot, but I would have no trouble whatsoever writing a better complaint. And this guy seems to have a law degree!
The suit starts with a rambling recitation of accusations, none of which is even properly stated as an allegation, none of which is supported, and many of which are completely irrelevant to the alleged harm. Then it makes two complaints: assault and negligence. The assault charge is unsupported on its face, since it alleges damage without specifying what damage occurred. The negligence is apparently based on the same unsupported claim of damage.
So the suit will be thrown out instantly for failure to state an actionable claim. But I doubt that it'll make the news at that point.
a very complicated problem
hopefully it will finish
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Exodus 22:
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Exodus 32:
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Numbers 21:
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Numbers 31:
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Deutronomy 13:
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
Deutronomy 20:
12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the ca
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Voting up, Voting down - If I really gave a fuck about your approval or not, I'd come and ask you.
Your story is good; interesting and able to share; massage by Samee Ullah (http://sameeullah.co.cc)
to support israeli f-15's taking out suv's that might contain a palestinian (and his family) they don't like?
Well, there is plenty of brain washing against palestinians as well. Like maps showing West Bank as a part of Israel, not mentioning the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and showing jews only as innocent victims and things like this: ‘Foreign Policy’ runs piece describing Israel’s ‘carnival of hate’ toward Palestinians