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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the social network needs to take stronger measures against “hate speech towards migrants” .
Zuckerberg, who visited on Friday the German capital during a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her chief of staff, offered a public conference in Berlin, which were invited about 1,000 people , in which he identified himself migrants as a group that needs protection.
Precisely in Germany, Facebook had recently been criticized for not reacting more strongly to certain racist publications and content anti-immigration.
the tensions around immigration crisis have intensified in Germany and other European countries in recent months.
But the debate now moves to digital flat .
A “change of approach”
According to the Minister of Justice of Germany, Facebook acts quickly to remove images of sexual content to do with racist messages .
in January, it was reported that the German authorities were working on a deal with Facebook, Google and Twitter for ensure that laws take precedence over corporate policy .
When asked to clarify the position of Facebook in this regard, Zuckerberg said “there is no place for that kind of content on Facebook or our community.”
“to learn more about German culture and laws has allowed us to focus on changing the focus, “he said.
Zuckerberg did not specify how it intended to stop this kind of material, but said that “hate speech towards migrants were An important part of what now has no tolerance Facebook “.
However, the founder of Facebook did say that part of the efforts consist of creating a team to work with the police to combat hate messages towards immigrants in their social network.
“we know that criris of migrants is a sensitive issue, and is something we are increasingly committed. There is still work to be done,” said the founder of the popular network social.
“we have heard the message loud and clear and we are ready to do better” , he said.
rising tensions
Germany receives more refugees and asylum seekers than any other country in the European Union, many of them from war-torn countries, such as Syria.
the increase in the number of migrants entering the country coincides with the increased anti-immigration groups .
and meanwhile, tensions grow in Germany, on and off the internet, especially after sexual assaults that took place during the last New Year’s Eve, for which they are blamed, largely migrants.
in mid-January, the city of Landshut (in the region of Bavaria) sent to the headquarters of the German Chancellor in Berlin a bus with 31 asylum seekers, as an act of protest against its policy of welcoming migrants.
And last week a hundred people took to the streets of the city of Clausnitz to manifest shouting “We are the people”. They tried to block a bus they were traveling about 20 asylum seekers.
Two days later, an old hotel that was being converted into a shelter refugees was burned in Bautzen, also in the State of Saxony, Germany.
An angry mass cheered as the flames devoured the building . Some tried to impede the work of firefighters.
The building was to accommodate 300 asylum seekers from March and although no one was injured, the fire forced to change plans.
“inspiring model”
Currently, Germany is considering some proposals to toughen its immigration policy, especially after the attacks of New Year’s Eve.
And it is expected companies argue if migrants could help provide labor.
Zuckerberg discussed the matter personally with Merkel last September and said he hoped the United States would follow the example of Germany, allowing more refugees in the country.
“the leadership of Germany in the refugee crisis has been inspiring and is a model for the world” he said Zuckerberg.
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