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Facebook rimuove la pagina contro Neil Lennon del Celtic Glasgow

‘Shoot Lennon’ Facebook page removed

A page on Facebook requesting 100,000 people to support the shooting of Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been removed from the social networking site.

Pagina Facebook contro Neil LennonEntitled ‘Let’s get 100’000 people that want to see Neil Lennon get shot’, the page had attracted around 600 followers before it disappeared from the website.

Facebook confirmed on Tuesday that the page was taken down, but refused to comment on whether or not it was removed by the company or by the creator.

A spokesperson said: “”We don’t comment on individual cases, but we react quickly to remove reported content that violates our terms.

“The goal of these policies, set out in our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, is to strike a very delicate balance between giving people the freedom to express themselves and maintaining a safe and trusted environment.

“As in the real world people are going to encounter opinions that we find distasteful or that we disagree with on Facebook and elsewhere online.

“We encourage people to report anything they feel violates our policies using the report links which are on every page across the site.”

The controversial page, created in the community section of the website, sparked outrage among politicians in Northern Ireland.

SDLP Belfast City Councillor Niall Kelly said the website was “sick” and “an incitement to violence.”

“Facebook talk very good talk about making sure content is appropriate and that nothing abusive is on the site,” he told UTV.

“People have to realise that words are very important and have a very powerful meaning and something like this just is not appropriate and it should have taken down a lot sooner than it actually was.”

East Belfast Alliance MLA and football fan Chris Lyttle also condemned those responsible for the page.

Lennon, who is originally from Lurgan, Co Armagh, and two of his Northern Irish players, Paddy McCourt and Niall McGinn, were sent bullets in the post earlier this month.

All three packages were posted in Northern Ireland.

At a meeting on Monday night, members of the Irish FA Council unanimously condemned the actions of those responsible.

“The Irish FA would appeal for anyone with any information to contact the PSNI,” a statement said.

Sinn Féin Culture spokesperson Barry McElduff said the hate crimes against Celtic management and players need to be taken seriously.

“The PSNI must take these threats seriously and Facebook must co-operate with the PSNI in helping to identify the people who are espousing this hate. This incitement to hate needs to end and those espousing it must be investigated and brought to book”.

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René Querin

Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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