The Community Security Trust has called on Facebook to “put its house in order” after an Austrian court’s landmark ruling that the social media platform must remove abusive posts from its site worldwide.
The ruling was in response to a complaint brought by Austria’s Green Party, filed against Facebook’s Irish company, following the “trolling” of the group’s leader. It means Facebook may have to remove content globally if a court in one country rules it is illegal.
The CST welcomed the court’s decision, with a spokesman saying: “Social media companies need to understand that if they don’t put their own house in order, governments and law courts will do it for them.
“We will continue to work with Facebook and other companies to help them respond more quickly and sensitively to complaints about antisemitism on their platforms, and to find proactive ways to spot and remove hate content.”
