Anti-Israeli causes on Facebook

Now the Google adsense case is over, here is the Facebook case

There are not only good things about the new Facebook platform.

One of the application "causes" developed by project agape that is meant to involve people in supporting organizations for a better world is hosting 3 causes that will clearly raise hate against Israel. I am shocked to find that they are still hosted in Facebook. The level of activity show they have been there for a while 

Facebook should ban those causes asap. Or maybe this is Project Agape responsibility (btw this illustrates the problem of allowing long tail of content and apps making moderation just more complicated). Today those concerns Israel, but tomorrow this could concern more things (i did not scan to see if there is more damage on causes)

Whoever is in charge should do something about that immediately. A cause should be in favor of marking the world a better place, not promoting hate.

I reacted and sent an email to Project Agape. Let's see how fast they react

If you want to join me please report the problem by sending an email at [email protected]

cause number 13052 /1573 / 879

Thanks to Florian for the info

update: well it did not wait. other racist causes are being spotted on Facebook. Orli has the story. below the video

Technorati Tags: Facebook, cause, project agape, racism, apps

Comments

[Syl]

I don't understand why Facebook does not have a control over ads. Those arent ads anymore.. That's propaganda!

[Jacques Froissant]

Same in France with advertising for Le Pen.

[Herve]

Ouriel, you should do it the Facebook way: create a Cause in facebook to ban all anti-israeli causes in Facebook.

At least, in FB, there are pro-israeli causes (whereas in Google AdSense...)

[Uri L.]

I actually agree with the above. Though I hate to see these guys stupid propaganda, I think we should make the efforts to explain our side, and less try to ban them.
It's kinda a lost battle to ban or silence those protesters, no? And actually in many countries in Europe their cause is legitimate.
People don't like us - that's a fact. We need to find ways to publicize our views, point out the lies and manipulations that other are doing, and let people's intelligence judge for themselves.
We've been very lame in doing this.
Without saying the exact word, in Europe this issue is far beyond a political discussion, and there are many non-logical factors that are involved.

[SE]

The banning of information is a slippery slope. If contrary points of view are deemed unsuitable by some "authority" and never published, how would I/we know what others are thinking. Now thats dangerous and short-sighted.

My knowledge of the Israeli Palastine conflict is limited to the N. American press (basically 30sec sound bits). Violence should not be condoned by either side, for any reason. This is what I tell my children if they watch TV newscasts.

Israel should show profound leadership by prohibiting violence against others. Explain its intentions and hold steadfast in a peaceful manner, as a religous country. This would be a more powerful response to the conflict than any military action or building of walls could ever accomplish. IMHO

[Guillaume]

Salut Ouriel,
Je t'écris car je susi tombé sur un de tes comments sur le blog de monsieur clavier. Tu disais faire un stage en capital risk à l'époque. Je cherche moi-même désormais un stage en ce domaine.
Pourrais-tu me dire si c'est un bon choix sachant que ce domaine recrute surtout sur le tard? Quel est l'intitulé du poste de stagiaire sachant que peu de stagiaires semblent y évoluer (assistant associate?. J'ai un contact chez 3i et suis intéressé par les NTIC. Merci beaucoup si tu peux m'envoyer un mail à l'adresse ci-dessus. Cordialement.

[omer rosen]

Ignorants are everywhere and there is nothing we can do in order to prevent them from get active in social networks.