Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Thursday, December 09, 2021

Product Liability/ Negligence Suit Against Facebook Seeks $150B On Behalf Of Rohingya Refugees

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An unusual class action lawsuit was filed this week against Facebook in a California state trial court on behalf of all Rohingya refugees in...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Court In India Dismisses Charge That Facebook Post Violated Blasphemy Law

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In India, the High Court of the State of Tripura dismissed a complaint filed against petitioner claiming that he violated Section 295A of th...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Facebook Will Ban Holocaust Denial

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Yesterday Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook is updating its hate speech policy to ban Holocaust denial on its platform. ...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Religious Activist Fined For Burning Library's LGBTQ Children's Books

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In Orange City, Iowa yesterday, religious activist Paul Robert Dorr was found guilty of criminal mischief and fined $125 for burning four ch...
Thursday, July 04, 2019

Britain's Appeals Court: Christian Social Work Student Improperly Suspended For Anti-Gay Facebook Postings

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In Ngole v. University of Sheffield ,  (EWCA, July 3, 2019), England's Court of Appeal held that the University of Sheffield had unfairl...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Myanmar Military Incited Rohingya Genocide Through Fake Facebook Accounts

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In an article posted yesterday, the New York Times  reports that the genocide and ethnic cleansing directed at Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar w...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

British Court Upholds Removal of Christian Social Work Student Over Facebook Comments

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As reported by The Guardian and by a press release from Christian Concern , a British trial court judge yesterday upheld a decision by Shef...
Friday, September 15, 2017

9th Circuit: Facebook Is Immune From Liability For Blocking Access To Sikh Group's Page

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In Sikhs for Justice, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 13, 2017), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a California fede...
Monday, June 12, 2017

In A First, Pakistan Imposes Death Sentence For Online Blasphemy

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As reported by the Hindustan Times and The Sun , for the first time a Pakistani court has handed down a death sentence for blasphemy dissem...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

Defense Counsel's Prayers on Facebook Pose Concerns

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Prayers posted on Facebook by an Ellis County, Texas defense attorney have come under scrutiny of trial judges after complaints by the count...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Settlement Reached In Suit Over Sheriff's Religious Use of Department's Facebook Page

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A settlement agreement has been reached in  American Atheists, Inc. v. Watson , a suit alleging that Bradley County, Tennessee Sheriff Eric ...
Sunday, May 08, 2016

Suit Claims Sheriff Used Official Facebook Page To Proselytize

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American Atheists announced Friday that it has filed suit against Bradley County, Tennessee Sheriff Eric Watson for using the sheriff depar...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Facebook Is Immune From Suit For Removing Sikh Group's Page In India

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In Sikhs For Justice ("SFJ"), Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. , (ND CA, Nov. 13, 2015), a California federal district court dismissed a law...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

U.S.-Based Sikh Group Sues Facebook Over Takedown of Its Page In India

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The U.S. based advocacy group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) this week filed a federal lawsuit against Facebook, Inc. complaining that Facebook has...