Twitter sued in Germany over vetting of anti-Semitic posts

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The suit seeks to compel the social media firm to comply with its own terms and conditions on hate speech. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BERLIN – Twitter was hit by a lawsuit in Germany by an anti-hate speech organisation and a European group of Jewish students in a bid to force the platform to remove anti-Semitic content.

The suit, filed in a Berlin court, refers to six anti-Semitic posts that were not deleted despite being reported. “What starts online doesn’t end online,” said Ms Avital Grinberg, president of the EUJS. “Twitter broke our trust. By allowing the distribution of hateful content, the company fails to protect users and especially young Jews.”

 

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