Facebook Defends Holocaust Denial Groups

Facebook has faced a fair amount of heat over its tolerance of Holocaust denial groups on the social networking site, especially from billionaire Mark Cuban’s attorney brother, Brian Cuban.

Yesterday, in an on CNet with a fair amount eloquence:

“Many of us at Facebook have direct personal connection to the Holocaust, through parents who were forced to flee Europe or relatives who could not escape. We believe in Facebook's mission that giving people tools to make the world more open is a better way to combat ignorance or deception than censorship, though we recognize that others -- including those at the company, disagree. We may be fools for doing the former but not 'cowards'."

The battles Facebook chooses are interesting. The social network once also deletion of photos of breastfeeding infants. It’s a bizarre message—and a PR nightmare!—that Facebook is protecting the rights of hate groups while declaring nursing babies obscene.

Some touchy waters they’ve waded into, eh?



_{*Zuckerberg is a German Jewish name.}