Facebook contravening its own hate-speech policies.
Facebook has once again been caught red-handed contravening its own hate-speech policies by refusing to take down violence-inciting posts by Indian legislators.
In August The Wall Street Journal reported that politicians from the ruling BJP party had posted essays, cartoons and Facebook statuses on their official social-media accounts that incited hatred and violence against Muslims and other minority groups.
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