Getting the ball rolling: Facebook Europe public policy manager Richard Allen (right) speaking to the media during a meeting of a delegation of the corporation's management with Maas (left) on the feasibility of deleting racist contents on the social media platform, in Berlin, Germany.
BERLIN: Facebook pledged to combat racist hate speech on its German-language network amid a spike in xenophobic comments online as Germany faces an unprecedented influx of refugees.
The US social media network said it would encourage “counter speech” and step up monitoring of anti-foreigner commentary, as company representatives met German Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
