Facebook getting sued for 1 billion dollars+

From the New York Times:

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg are being sued for more than $1 billion over a controversial page on the social networking site that called for violence against Jews. The suit was filed by American attorney and activist Larry Klayman in the D.C. Superior Court on Thursday. He's also the founder of the conservative public interest group Judicial Watch. In the lawsuit, which was obtained by blog TechCrunch, Klayman describes himself as "an American citizen of Jewish origin" who is "active in all matters concerning the security of Israel and its people." He alleges that Facebook did not take down a page that called for a "Third Palestinian Intifada" soon enough and willfully kept it up in order to "further their revues and the net worth of the company." The page accrued more than 300,000 "likes" for its proposed May 15 uprising. The page was removed by the company on March 29, several days after a number of people complained including Israeli Public Diplomacy minister Yuli Edelstein and the Anti-Defamation League. A Facebook spokesman told AFP that the claims were "without merit." "We will fight it vigorously," the spokesman said. Facebook said the page was initially kept up because it "began as a call for peaceful protest," but then became more violent. "While Facebook has accomplished a lot of good, it can, as in this instance, be used for nefarious and evil purposes,” Klayman said in statement on his website. "Defendants Zuckerberg's and Facebook's callous and greedy actions in not taking down the page, but willfully allowing it to stay up for many days, has caused huge damage, for which they must be held accountable, so as to prevent this from ever happening again. They must be not only enjoined but also hit in their purse, which is where they understand matters best." Read more: www.nydailynews.com... xzz1IbpELaot

New York Times - Facebook getting sued


The latest comment on the site says: "Facebook should sue them for $1 billion for defamation. It's a private website, they are allowed to put what they want on their pages. They should also sue them for court costs."

Two other comments say "I guess Free Speech is only free if you're a member of a certain group. Meanwhile, go on the Web and discover all the I hate Black websites out there, many of them created by people who think like just this clown Larry Klayman does. But those are okay", and "I see a lot of hatred here. Hatred directed at the Jews. The case will be a test of 1st Amendment rights. You are asking Facebook to start censoring. I'm not sure this will hold up. Should we censor these hateful remarks?"

Mighty hefty amount of money...

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It's the "general conspiracies" section :S

facebook better not be shut down over this XD

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Yes because it would be such a tragedy to befall humankind if Facebook was shut down.

Yeah we'd see stuff like latest headline in economics weekly "Facebook shutdown office production up 20%" lol

how does this man get to sue facebook, surely every other jew could if he succeeds and does he get to keep the money if he wins or does it go to somewhere else?

Klayman describes himself as "an American citizen of Jewish origin" who is "active in all matters concerning the security of Israel and its people."

if your soo damned upity bout it, then by all means move to israel mr. klayman. oh thats right, its not about rights and politics, etc... its about the money............

I would not be sad at all if facebook, myspace and twitter just disappeared...

This just adds to the typical f****** jew stereotype

He isn't doing his faith and ethnicity any favours

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Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg are being sued for more than $1 billion over a controversial page on the social networking site that called for violence against Jews.

Does that sentence even make any sense? Am I missing something here, or is Zuckerberg not a Jew?

I really hope they get shut down because I'm tired of my sister saying "OMG like lol Ashley just uploaded a photo of her foot! Ima comment saying ROFL!" That's not even English! Facebook is a word! I just spelled it!.... What about AboveTopSecret....Nope not a word...See what 16 year old girls did to the dictionary?

Facebook Sucks!

And also, to add to that: Maybe i could sue Facebook for almost 8billion for the 8 reports i have filed for various facebook pages that still continue to this day...

We could be on to a money winner here guys!



*LAME*

Don't worry...Obama will pass some crazy crap law to protect his window to our houses.

Or give Zuckerburg a Presidential Pardon on his way out of the White house.

So THIS is how Obama plans to get his $1 billion.

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Yes, Mark Zuckerburg is a Jew lol
Is Mark Zuckerburg a Jew?

The dollar really has become worthless.

$1 billion. pfft

NOOOO Please do not close facebook...

it would be like opening the gates at a Zombie farm and letting all these mindless creatures free out in the real world... At least facebook keeps them all in one location away from the rest of us...

Please tell me this is a bad dream... 8[

Stay strong Zuck, you'll beat them~!!!!

Trust a Jew to demand an obserd amount of money

[Dr Evil voice] I will sue you for.............. 1 Billion Dollars [/Dr Evil Voice]

good.
I don't like facebook anyway.
They call it a social networking site, while it's actually the least social money scaming site on the net.
(changing a status once a day does not make one social)

and they said I don't exist and banned my account....bleh.