Facebook Sued For $1 Billion For Not Removing "Third Intifada" Page

Screengrab via TechCrunch

A million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? Suing Facebook for a billion dollars. Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg are being sued for more than $1 billion over a controversial page that called for a "Third Palestinian Intifada". It's the perfect storm of Jews, Muslims, Facebook, and complicated lawsuits!

American attorney and activist Larry Klayman, a former Justice Department prosecutor and founder of the conservative public interest group Judicial Watch, claims that it took Facebook too long to take down the controversial page calling for violence against Jews. He also claims that the site purposefully kept it up in order to "further their revues and the net worth of the company." Klayman alleges that the page, which was removed last week, was only “begrudgingly” taken down; Facebook says the page initially called for peaceful protest, but was taken down because it indeed descended into “direct calls for violence” in violation of its policies.

On the page, Palestinians were urged to riot on the streets after Friday prayers on May 15 this year, and commence an uprising in the vein of the first two intifadas: “Judgment Day will be brought upon us only once the Muslims have killed all of the Jews." The page garnered more than 340,000 "likes" while it was up.

Klayman says in the lawsuit that he's a target now, and he fears for his life since he’s been “called a Zionist publicly by radical Palestinians and other such Arabic interests.” Klayman also brings that damn movie into this: "Apparently, the ethically compromised Zuckerberg has no conscience or sense of right or wrong, as depicted recently in the award winning film “Social Network." As TechCrunch points out, Klayman has sued some pretty big names in the past, including Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, the Ground Zero Mosque and the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury. Slate, who wrote an article on him over a decade ago, adds that Klayman also once sued his mother.

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By Ben Yakas in News on April 3, 2011 6:40 PM

Comments [rss]

Jennifer

Really, Larry Klayman? I'm with facebook on this one and I hope it doesn't result in a settlement.

Sulayman

If Facebook is going to ban one side's speech, let's see them do the same for the others. And yet Facebook pages with such titles as "mavet laaravim" (Death to the Arabs) abound...

Rocknrope

You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.

WetButt

im too afraid to comment lest he sue me

dollarmenu

Hey screenshot guy, answer your friend requests!

Sinchy

“Judgment Day will be brought upon us only once the Muslims have killed all of the Jews."
A facebook page with a statement like that should be removed, but Klayman should feel the wrath of the the amoral psychopath Zuckerberg for this suit.

VelvetTiff

Maybe he should be Charlie Sheen's opening "act."

nicemarmot

I guess suing your own mother for funds that were used to take care of your own grandmother pretty much sums this guy up.

The_Green_Devil

love the screen name

non_sequitur

This is truly a ridiculous suit. For those wondering, it's two counts (assault and negligence). His negligence allegations are unbelievably weak (assumes that Facebook owes him and every user a duty) but his assault one is offensive. At best, he's arguing for a likelihood of an assault, which is not even actionable against the people who would actually batter him, much less Facebook.

Also, if you're going to sue someone for a billion dollars, the very least you could do is allege some damages. He doesn't have a single threat against him except for the existence of this rally/riot/whatever, which probably would happen even if Facebook didn't exist.