Good to know. There’s nothing I hate more than incitement. <\/p>\n
Forward<\/a>: Facebook, Google and YouTube are complying with up to 95 percent of Israeli requests to delete content that the government says incites Palestinian violence, Israel\u2019s Justice Minister said on Monday.<\/p>\n Perhaps spurred by the minister\u2019s threat to legislate to make companies open to prosecution if they host images or messages that encourage terrorism, their rate of voluntary compliance has soared from 50 percent in a year, she said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur main aim is for those companies to do their own monitoring of material containing incitement,\u201d Ayelet Shaked said after a meeting with Facebook officials.<\/p>\n \u201cJust as ISIS (Islamic State) video clips are being monitored and removed from the network, we want them to take the same action against Palestinian material that incites terrorism,\u201d she told the International Conference on Counter-terrorism near Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n \u201cThe world now understands that (social) networks serve as a greenhouse for terrorists,\u201d Shaked said in her speech.<\/p>\n Facebook declined to confirm Shaked\u2019s assertion that it complied with 95 percent of Israel\u2019s requests, but a spokeswoman said it constantly takes down offensive material and responds to requests from many countries, organizations and individuals.<\/p>\n \u201cWe came to listen and see if can be do better. We have zero tolerance for terrorism,\u201d she said, adding that Facebook\u2019s standards \u201cmake it clear there is no place for terrorists or content that promotes terrorism on Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n Both Shaked and Facebook said they would prefer companies voluntarily remove inciting content than be prosecuted.<\/p>\n A spokesman for Google, parent company of YouTube, which Shaked said complied with 80 percent of requests, declined to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good to know. There’s nothing I hate more than incitement. Forward: Facebook, Google and YouTube are complying with up to 95 percent of Israeli requests to delete content that the government says incites Palestinian violence, Israel\u2019s Justice Minister said on … Continue reading