Larry Klayman sues Facebook and Zuckerberg for $1 billion

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Source: ZDnet

Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, and a US Senate candidate in 2004, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for their role in furthering a “radical” Facebook Page called “Third Palestinian Intifada,” which openly advocated another uprising against the citizens of Israel. The complaint reserves the right to be amended into a class action suit and prays for compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $1 billion.

It’s April 1st and yet I saw this story last night. I thought it might be an early April Fools’ joke until I found the 7-page complaint (PDF) today. It alleges assault and negligence, including willful and wanton conduct, gross negligence and recklessness on the part of the Defendants, because Klayman’s life, as well as other similarly situated Jews who are prominent public figures and otherwise, have had their lives put at risk.

As a quick refresher, Facebook originally said it would not remove the Page but would monitor it instead. The company later pulled the Page after discussions degraded into violence and hatred.

While the Page was pulled eventually, Klayman believes it was not done quickly enough. He argues that the damage has already been done and that other copycat Pages will start to become popular.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-zuckerberg-sued-for-1-billion/1088

[northoftheborder]

1. Freedom of Speech?????

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[hobbit709]

3. tough, bub.

[mike_c]

4. burn muslim holy book? protected free speech....

Seek an end to apartheid against muslims? Not so much.

[Trajan]

5. How does an online discussion degrade into violence ?

Do you grab your rivals words and rip them up into so many tattered letters and punctuation marks ?

Cmon .....

[former9thward]

6. Publicity stunt law suit. It will go nowhere.