Facebook users may be glad to know that the social network is rid of a few neo-Nazi groups this morning. After a protest arose over some anti-gypsy pages, Facebook pulled the things, citing terms of use that forbid intimidation and harassment.
The uproar started a couple of days ago, when a member of the European Parliament spoke out against the groups. Group names included "Useful work for gypsies: testers of gas chambers" and "Let's burn them all," so as reported by BusinessWeek, German politician Martin Schulz stated, "The existence of these groups is repulsive. I call upon Facebook to remove them immediately."
We've seen Facebook encounter and deal with such controversies before. In August 2007, advertisements for six major corporations were shown on pages promoting the British National Party, and so the companies responded by pulling their ads. Facebook took action by allowing corporations to keep their ads away from all groups.
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