Facebook denies censoring Kevin Rudd group | News.com.au
FACEBOOK has denied claims of censorship after a group criticising Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was deleted from the social networking site.
It was revealed this week a group titled "KEVIN RUDD = EPIC FAIL", devoted to highlighting grievances with the prime minister, was removed by Facebook.
In a statement to news.com.au, Facebook said: "We do not take down groups that speak out against countries, political entities or ideas."
However it refused to say exactly why the group had been deleted.
Speaking generally, Facebook said that a group would only be removed if it violated the site's terms of use policy.
"We take our terms of use policy very seriously, and react quickly to take down groups that violate our terms," it said.
"Specifically, we are sensitive to groups that threaten violence and these groups are taken down.
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