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Pakistan PM writes to Facebook CEO seeking ban on Islamophobic content

Islamabad | ByReuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Oct 26, 2020 12:33 AM IST

In the letter, shared by the Pakistani government on Twitter, Khan said that “growing Islamophobia” is encouraging extremism and violence “across the world” - especially through social media platforms such as Facebook.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content on the social networking site, the government said on Sunday.

Imran Khan has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content(AP)
Imran Khan has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content(AP)

In the letter, shared by the Pakistani government on Twitter, Khan said that “growing Islamophobia” is encouraging extremism and violence “across the world” - especially through social media platforms such as Facebook.

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“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,” Khan said.

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