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Facebook doesn't understand German, at least not in court

Published Tue, Mar 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Berlin

A GERMAN lawsuit over a photo showing a Syrian refugee with Chancellor Angela Merkel has put Facebook Inc's hate-speech policies under scrutiny. But the high-profile case has also shed light on complaints that the company tries to avoid and delay lawsuits in the country.

Chan-jo Jun, a lawyer for the Syrian refugee suing in Wuerzburg to stop Facebook using the picture, is one of a number of lawyers that…

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