Is Facebook racist? or enjoying the controversial attention?

Thousands of people have joined a campaign to remove racist images and postings from Facebook.More than 2,000 have signed a petition after it emerged that British National Party members were posting pictures and messages on their groups' pages.
The petition, which was organised by Unite Against Fascism, has been signed by MPs including Diane Abbott, Keith Vaz and George Galloway.We had an overwhelming response of 1,000 signatures in a week and 100 people are supporting it a day,' said Denis Fernando from UAF.
One group on Facebook, called Vote BNP And Save The World, shows a photograph of people dressed as Ku Klux Klan members.
The caption reads: 'Local BNP meeting, blacks welcome.'
Facebook's terms and conditions state that user groups can be removed for sharing anything that can be seen as 'harmful, threatening, hateful or racially or ethnically objectionable'.
Since complaints started, the website has removed a racist image from one group's page but it remains on another's.
'That Facebook is allowing the grotesque use of its site to promote fascism is unacceptable,' added Mr Fernando.
Nobody from Facebook was available for comment last night.But yesterday the BNP claimed: 'UAF probably put those images on. It is a fascist organisation which doesn't believe in free speech.'Mr Fernando denied the accusations and added: 'The Facebook sites expose the reality of the BNP. It is not a normal political party.'

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