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From the Guardian
A civil court in Rome has ruled that Facebook must immediately reactivate the account of the Italian neo-fascist party CasaPound and pay the group €800 (£675) for each day the account has been closed, according to local media.
Facebook shut the party's account, which had 240,000 followers, along with its Instagram page in early September. A Facebook spokesperson told the Ansa news agency at the time: "Persons or organisations that spread hatred or attack others on the basis of who they are will not have a place on Facebook and Instagram. The accounts we removed today violate this policy and will no longer be present on Facebook or Instagram."
According to an earlier article:
CasaPound was founded in the late 1990s as a pro-Mussolini drinking club. Named after the 20th-century American poet Ezra Pound, who was known for his fascist sympathies and antisemitism, it claims to support a democratic variant of fascism but it is accused of encouraging violence and racism.
In a 2011 interview with the Guardian, the party's secretary, Simone Di Stefano, described Mussolini's brand of fascism as "our point of reference, a vision of the state and the economy, and the concept of sacrifice". Di Stefano ran for prime minister in the last general election.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Tuesday December 17 2019, @03:39PM
CasaPound? Facebook?
Which is less evil?
But other questions come to mind. Can Facebook have TOS policies? If so, can it enforce them? If so, then Facebook should be able to close the account of a group that spreads hate, misinformation and creates social division.
Oh, but wait. Maybe the court recognizes that Facebook's entire reason to exist is to spread hate, misinformation and create social division. Thus it would be hypocritical for Facebook to terminate the account.
Now I'm even more confused.
Is FB likely to fight this?
Oh, what if they reactivated the account, but FB users who view it seem to have really poor connections and delays?
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