LGBTQ+ activists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have slammed Facebook after the platform refused to take action against posts which called for gay people to be killed.
One post, shown to Gay Star News, read: “If you think it’s your right to act on sodomy/ homosexuality, then it’s my right to throw you off the roof.” Activists reported the post, but Facebook didn’t take action, saying “it doesn’t go against our community standards, including hate speech.” Activists also reported an account, whose avatar depicts a stick figure kicking another rainbow stick figure in the stomach.
The account’s posts are universally all anti-LGBTQ+ including pictures of burning Pride flags and rainbows being swept into the gutter.