NEWSS saying the social media giant must take responsibility for the real-world harm and violence unmoderated hate speech causes.

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Australian group takes fight to Facebook, saying platform is ‘awash’ with hateful Islamophobia

An Australian-Muslim rights organisation is threatening legal action against Facebook after accusing the tech giant of allowing Islamophobia to proliferate online.

The Australian Muslim Advocacy Network has been campaigning for Facebook to act against hate speech in the wake of the Christchurch massacre, saying the social media giant must take responsibility for the real-world harm and violence unmoderated hate speech causes.

They point to the lack of action against hateful comments on Facebook such as, “Muslims are the only people on Earth who will earn their genocide”, “Drown ’em at birth”, and “Can we go kill these f***ers yet”.

“Islamophobia is awash on Facebook,” lawyer and AMAN advisor Rita Jabri-Markwell told SBS News.

“There are strangers out there who completely hate you and want you to die … because of who you are and because of your religious identity.

“They don’t care that you’re a mother or a teacher or member of Australian society. They just want you to be eradicated.”

AMAN has sent Facebook a legal letter outlining its concerns about the spread of hate speech and dangerous conspiracy theories directed towards Muslims, on various accounts, links and group pages on the site.

The letter, which SBS News has seen, warns Facebook that it could be liable for user-generated hate speech and subject to section 18C of the Race Discrimination Act 1975.

“We understand that space needs to be made for criticising extremist interpretations and groups within the Muslim community, but contextualised analysis of the links and echo chambers on your platform make it objectively clear when racism and dehumanisation underlies their purpose,” it reads.

The organisation has conducted research from 2015 which suggests Facebook has been home to more anti-Islam groups and pages than many other social networks.

An example of an anti-Islam Facebook group’s questions before submission to the group.

The Christchurch terrorist was active on a number of far-right groups on Facebook, and used the platform to live-stream his massacre.

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