London: Social networking giants  Facebook and Twitter have not removed hundreds of inflammatory  Islamophobic postings despite being alerted by anti-racism  groups, The Independent reported.  
    In the the aftermath of the Rotherham sex-abuse scandal and the    murder of British hostages held by the Sunni radical group    Islamic State (IS), the number of hate messages targeting    Muslims have gone up significantly in recent months.  
    Over the past four months, anti-racism groups have brought    dozens of accounts and hundreds of such messages to the    attention of the social-media companies.  
    "It is morally unacceptable that social media platforms like    Facebook and Twitter socially engineer what is right and wrong    to say in our society, when they leave up inflammatory, highly    socially divisive and openly bigoted views," Fiyaz Mughal,    director of Faith Matters, an interfaith organisation, which    runs a helpline called Tell MAMA, was quoted as saying.  
    In its response, Facebook said it had to "strike the right    balance" between freedom of expression and maintaining "a safe    and trusted environment".  
    The spokeswoman of the company also added that Facebook removes    "any content reported to us that directly attacks others based    on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex,    gender, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition".  
    Twitter said it prohibits threats of violence and reviews all    content that is reported for breaking its rules.  
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Facebook, Twitter Allowing Islamophobia to Flourish: Report