By Matthew Roscoe • Published: 25 Oct 2020 • 20:17
THE Pakistani Prime Minister seeks a ban on Islamophobic content on Facebook and has written a letter to its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan shared on his Twitter account: “My letter to CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobia just as Facebook has banned questioning or criticising the holocaust.”
According to the letter, Khan said that growing “Islamophobia” is encouraging extremism and violence “across the world” – especially through social media platforms such as Facebook.
My letter to CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobia just as Facebook has banned questioning or criticising the holocaust. pic.twitter.com/mCMnz9kxcj — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 25, 2020
My letter to CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobia just as Facebook has banned questioning or criticising the holocaust. pic.twitter.com/mCMnz9kxcj
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 25, 2020
Khan continued: “I would ask you to place a similar ban on Islamophobia and hate against Islam for Facebook that you have put in place for the Holocaust.”
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