Syrian refugee Anas Modamani accompanied by his lawyer Chan-Jo Jun attends a court session against Facebook over a selfie with Merkel at the district court in Wuerzburg, Germany February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
WUERZBURG, Germany (Reuters) - A German court rejected a temporary injunction against Facebook on Tuesday in a case brought by a Syrian refugee who sued the social networking site for failing to remove faked posts linking him to crimes and militant attacks.
The Wuerzburg district court said in a preliminary ruling that Facebook is neither a "perpetrator nor a participant" in what it said was "undisputable defamation" by Facebook users, but simply acting as a hosting provider that is not responsible for pre-emptively blocking offensive content under European law.
Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.
