The Board of rabbis of Europe (CPE) joined the boycott of Facebook because of the inaction of employees social networks against hate speech, the press service of the President of CPE, the chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt on Sunday.
"the rabbinical Council of Europe called for a "coordinated international approach" in wrestling with dangerous content on social networks and supported an international boycott of Facebook because of the existing policy in relation to such content", – stated in the message.
President SRE urged Facebook to take responsibility for the spread of racism in advertising. "the Manifestation of anti-Semitism, racism and slander is not a personal opinion, but a harbinger of the crime. We must ensure that the user of the social network has claimed responsibility. It is painful to see how little is done today to prevent the incitement and spread of hatred in Facebook" – quoted by Goldschmidt’s press service.
The Rabbi said that anti-Semitic messages and comments must be removed immediately and not over several days or weeks of checks. Goldschmidt also noted that this approach is not about censorship or restricting freedom of expression and to prevent the Commission of crimes in the real world, the report said.
Previously, such major corporations as Coca-Cola, Verizon, Unilever, and a number of other enterprises announced the suspension of advertising on Facebook and other popular social networks because the latter allegedly did not take sufficient steps to delete messages of a racist nature and deceptive information. The action was supported by the influential American human rights organization. According to the press service of Goldschmidt to boycott the social network of a commercial organization, also called the American human rights NGOs "the anti-defamation League" (ADL).
