Responded the Simon Wiesenthal Centre: “At a time when the Internet is awash with fake news and technological tools that enable governments and virtually anyone to manipulate information, we welcome Facebook’s change of policy to stand with historic fact and the 6 million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany during World War II.”
Jonathan S. Tobin: Sacha Baron Cohen’s comparison of Mark Zuckerberg’s realm to a restaurant serving Nazis resonated. But bad guys won’t be the only ones paying the price for that rule.
The actions by the Lawfare Project came following controversial comments by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying he does not believe that Holocaust-denial content should be removed.
