Sunday, October 07, 2012
Facebook in Britain warns it will censor criminal 'tribute' pages
No freedom of opinion in Britain
Facebook's director of policy has warned that offensive "tribute" pages praising criminals, such as the alleged killer of Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, the police officer shot in Manchester, will not be tolerated.
Simon Milner said there was "no grey area" on the issue and that Facebook would take immediate action against member who set up deliberately offensive groups. "Our terms of service are absolutely clear on this kind of thing," Mr Milner, who leads Facebook's British public policy unit, said.
His comments follow the arrest last month of a man who created a Facebook group devoted to Dale Cregan, which described the alleged murderer of Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes as a "legend".
"Every police officers death is a course (sic) for celebration," the group said.
John Tully, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers in London, said the arrested man could have committed an offense under the Public Order Act.
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http://www.wickedlocal.com/lexington/news/x422899533/Women-minorities-underrepresented-in-Massachusetts-State-House#axzz28Wka0tDV
So will liberals start telling people who they must vote for? Wouldn't liberals be more comfortable in North Korea or Cuba where that is the system?
How about those who praise LENNIN,STALIN,MAO,MARX,CASTRO and CHE? and especialy CHE who has become the darling of mindlesss liberals wearing his image on their stupid T-Shirts
http://wtop.com/363/3068606/Kansas-newspaper-wont-print-Redskins
He was arrested a month ago but the most they can say is that he 'could have committed an offense against the Public Order Act'?
Surely they have determined he prima facie has committed an offence or else why was he arrested?
The Australian police also recently called for the removal of a Facebook page they objected to.
see http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/facebook-removes-pages-which-contained-prejudicial-material-in-jill-meagher-murder-case/20121001-26ufo.html?page=0
Talk about Police overreaching their authority. There is no way this page would have prejudiced a trial (especially when you compare the HUGE news coverage this story received without complaint)
Dose that include BENEDICT ARNOLD?
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