Facebook got Fined by Germany $2.3 million under hate speech law

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The German authorities announced on Tuesday that it has imposed a € 2 million fine on Facebook, in accordance with a law aimed at combating hate speech.

The German Federal Office of Justice has stated that the social media company has not complied with the requirements of transparency regarding the handling of hate-motivated complaints.

The German authorities announced on Tuesday that it has imposed a € 2 million fine on Facebook, in accordance with a law aimed at combating hate speech. The Federal Court stated that the social networking company did not meet the transparency requirements for dealing with hate-motivated complaints.

The agency said the Facebook report for the first half of 2018 does not reflect the actual number of complaints of allegedly illegal content, which in Germany contains anti-Semitic insults and elements that encourage hatred of people or groups for their religion or their ethnicity.

He added that information on language skills and training of hate complaint personnel was also incomplete. Facebook responded that it is complied with its transparency obligations under German law and "accurately and exhaustively disclosed the number of illegal content reports we received".

"We are convinced that our published reports are in line with the law, but as many critics have pointed out, this law lacks clarity in many areas," the company said in a statement. "We will carefully analyze the fine and we reserve the right to appeal."