ABC news is reporting that Facebook is going to work with the Israeli government to implement better censorship tools.
From the article...
The Israeli government and Facebook agreed to work together to determine how to tackle incitement on the social media network, a senior Israeli Cabinet minister said Monday.
The announcement came after two government ministers met top Facebook officials to discuss the matter. The Facebook delegation is in Israel as the government pushes ahead with legislative steps meant to force social networks to rein in content that Israel says incites violence.
Israel has argued that a wave of violence with the Palestinians over the past year has been fueled by incitement, much of it spread on social media sites. It has repeatedly said that Facebook should do more to monitor and control the content, raising a host of legal and ethical issues over whether the company is responsible for material posted by its users.
The Palestinians dismiss the Israeli allegations that the violence is caused by incitement. They say it is the result of nearly 50 years of Israeli military occupation and a lack of hope for gaining independence.
In other news William Banks deleted his Facebook account in protest of the decision while shouting...
It's not that they're working with Jews on this, that's the problem,
It's that they're being Nazis censoring anyone at all!
UPDATE:
So help your friends stand up to censorship on the internet! #byebyefacebook
