Facebook page Stop the Mosques links to, and is filled with, extremist anti-Islamic content, but so far the social media giant does not appear to have stepped in. A concerned Australian internet user has criticised Facebook for failing to take down an extremist Australian Facebook page, "Stop the Mosques". Facebook, which is under pressure from advertisers to rid its social media platform of racist and inflammatory content, has not so far commented on whether the Facebook page is breaching its community standards. "I am horrified that the funerals are taking place as I send this email and that the grieving families could so easily stumble across the repulsive hate speech racist Facebook page," Adams said. Lotto, Westpac and TSB have pulled social media advertising in the wake of the Christchurch shootings.

Source: Stuff March 20, 2019 03:21 UTC