(UTV|COLOMBO) – A Facebook Executive has admitted that the Company “Made a mistake” in not removing a post that incited racial hatred in Sri Lanka, an international hearing on fake news and disinformation in London heard on Tuesday (27), the Channel NewsAsia reported.
Mr. Richard Allan, Facebook’s Vice-President of Policy Solutions, was questioned by Singapore Member of Parliament Edwin Tong over a post, written in Sinhalese in March, which called for the killing of all Muslims.
Mr. Tong asked if the post breached the social media company’s terms of service, and Mr. Allan agreed it did.
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