Facebook Sued After Richard Lakin Killed by Hamas Terrorists

[TomSea]

Facebook Sued After Richard Lakin Killed by Hamas Terrorists

TEL AVIV, Israel — Micah Lakin Avni believes Facebook shares responsibility for his dad's death at the hands of Palestinian militants and so is suing the social media behemoth for $1 billion.

Avni's father, 76-year-old retired Connecticut school principal Richard Lakin, died two weeks after being stabbed and shot on a Jerusalem bus on October 13.

"While [dad] was unconscious in hospital I was wondering how did this happen, why is there so much terror going on in the world and how is it that a 20-year-old shoots an old man in the head," Avni told NBC News.

Avni discovered that one of the attackers had posted that he wanted to become "a martyr" and to "kill Jews" on Facebook just days before the shooting.

It didn't stop there.

"A day after the attack ... a Facebook page was created glorifying the killer, calling him a martyr and encouraging others to follow," he added.

Facebook bears responsibility for this attack and others because it gives Hamas a platform for militants to spread incitement and violence, Avni and four other families suing Facebook allege.

The plaintiffs, relatives of four Israeli-U.S. dual nationals and one visiting U.S. citizen who died in attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem or the occupied West Bank between 2014 and 2016, accuse Facebook of helping Hamas militants operate.

The suit filed in New York federal court on July 12 alleges the social media giant knowingly provided Hamas "material support."

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Trying to get a handle on the issues here, needless to say, I wouldn't mind seeing FB taken to the cleaners while still respecting our right to freedom of speech; but wrong is wrong.

[mountaineer]

FB is notorious for shutting down conservative or Christian posters while providing a medium for Islamic terrorists and other hateful people to spread their message. 

[livius]

Trying to get a handle on the issues here, needless to say, I wouldn't mind seeing FB taken to the cleaners while still respecting our right to freedom of speech; but wrong is wrong.

At the same time, FB is voluntarily taking down pages which can in any way be perceived as critical of Islam, Muslims, or the actions of Muslims (including terrorism) and Muslim immigrants. This was at the request of some Muslim organization. FB already censors heavily - just not what it should.