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3 Jan, 2015

Twitter, Facebook ‘allowing Islamophobia to flourish’ – The Independent

Twitter and Facebook are refusing to take down hundreds of inflammatory Islamophobic postings from across their sites despite being alerted to the content by anti-racism groups, an investigation by The Independent has established.

The number of postings, some of which accuse Muslims of being rapists, paedophiles and comparable to cancer, has increased significantly in recent months in the aftermath of the Rotherham sex-abuse scandal and the murder of British hostages held by Isis.

The most extreme call for the execution of British Muslims – but in most cases those behind the abuse have not had their accounts suspended or the posts removed.

Read the rest: Twitter and Facebook ‘allowing Islamophobia to flourish’ as anti-Muslim comments proliferate – Crime – UK – The Independent.