Facebook Offices Vandalized In Hamburg

Social networking giant Facebook is apparently being disliked in Germany. A group of 15-20 people wearing black clothes and hoods vandalised the company’s offices in Hamburg, by smashing glass, throwing paint and spraying "Facebook dislike" on a wall, police in the northern German city said on Sunday, as reported by Reuters.

A Facebook spokesman said nobody was injured in the incident, adding that he could not immediately comment on the possible motive for the act of vandalism.

While the reason for the attack is not clear at the moment, Fortune reported last month that German Prosecutors initiated a criminal investigation into Facebook’s top management on suspicion of facilitating the provocation of racial hatred in the country, after a string of anti-immigrant posts on the social networking platform.

Spiegel Online reported that Facebook has been criticized for its inconsistent action against incitement, insults and violence calls. Activists and politicians accuse the company, also unambiguous hatred Posts that violate German law and against Facebook's policy not to remove.

A company spokesperson, however, refuted the allegations saying, “We can say that the allegations lack merit and there has been no violation of German law by Facebook or its employees.”

Facebook has collaborated with a group called FSM, which monitors multimedia service providers on a voluntary basis, and has said it would encourage its users to push back against racism, Reuters reported.