Jonathan Hall QC slammed UK authorities for failing to bring a single prosecution against Internet companies for alleged breaches of terrorism laws. Accusing social media giants of having neither a ‘human face or heart’, he implied it was pointless appealing to Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg to ‘act morally’ because he was only motivated by profit. Mr Hall also insisted that social media giants are not quick enough to remove online material, calling technology ‘a money making endeavour’. A Meta spokesperson said: ‘We don't allow terrorists or terrorist content on Facebook. ‘As a result, Between July and September 2021 we removed over 9.8million pieces of terrorist content from Facebook, up from 3.1million over the same period in 2018.

Source: The Nation January 22, 2022 16:59 UTC