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Last week Facebook – you know what it is if you’re reading this on-line – agreed to take down pages set up by Holocaust deniers, including ones called “Holocaust is a Holohoax” and “Holocaust: A Series of Lies.” As attorney Brian Cuban pointed out, Facebook has in the past removed groups based on complaints. “There is no First Amendment right to free speech in the private realm,” he told the Cable News Network. Because of that, he said, this is not a freedom-of-speech issue. Rather, Facebook can set the standard to which it wants to adhere. That’s true. But it’s also dangerous. That is because this drives the deniers to seek yet more creative ways to spread their drivel. Rather, these sites must be monitored and combated. It is unlikely that banning them will help. So while Facebook finally… read more