Facebook insists it does tackle terrorism as finger points at site for Rigby messages

Facebook is responsible for hosting a conversation Rigby murderer Michael Adebowale had about killing a solider, according to the Telegraph. Both the ISC’s report and the committee’s chairman Malcolm Rifkind have been critical of an ‘internet company’ for not alerting the security services to the conversation. ‘Had MI5 known about the conversation,’ says the report, ‘there is a significant possibility that MI5 would then have been able to prevent the attack’.

Facebook are on the defensive and have refused to comment on the speculation Adebowale discussed killing a solider on their site. According to a spokesman:

‘Like everyone else, we were horrified by the vicious murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby

‘We don’t comment on individual cases but Facebook’s policies are clear, we do not allow terrorist content on the site and take steps to prevent people from using our service for these purposes.’

With brisk talk from Malcolm Rifkind and Theresa May about ramping up government powers to spy on internet users, Facebook appears to be treading carefully.