Facebook bans woman after she reposts death threat

[Jazzy]

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Facebook has banned an Icelandic woman from the social networking site after she took a screen grab of a death threat another user made against her and reposted it on her own profile.



Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir, a well-known Icelandic women’s rights campaigner, took a screen grab of a death threat directed at her by another user on their Facebook profile.



However, the social network’s terms of service do not allow users to take screenshots of and then repost Facebook statuses without the express and written permission of the author – so she has been given a 30-day ban.



Lilliendahl Viggosdottir, who works as a civil servant at the Reykjavik City Hall, has caused waves in Iceland with her popular Facebook album: ‘Men Who Hate Women’ – in which she posts screenshots of sexist comments made by men.



Stefán Heiðar Erlingsson, a fellow Icelandic Facebook user, publicly posted the following Facebook status update about the album, according to the Reykjavik Grapevine magazine: “If I 'accidentally' ran over Hildur, she is probably the only person on earth that I would back up over, and leave the car on top of her with the hand brake on!!!

Put this in your 'men who hate Hildur' folder, Hildur Lilliendahl.



Lilliendahl Viggosdottir then took a screen grab of the threat and duly added it to her album.

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Didn't this guy give his permission by adding Put this in your 'men who hate Hildur' folder, Hildur Lilliendahl. ?



What do you think?

 

[Evil Eye]

I smell a reference to the Millennium series.



Anyway, aren't they just being the perfect soulless bureaucrats...

 

[Jazzy]

Some people would say there was no death threat. The poster didn't say I'm going to run over Hildur or When I run over Hildur.



What are your thoughts on that? Did he or did he not make a death threat?

 

[Evil Eye]

Well... there's a difference between saying something and doing something... but it's definitely threatening behaviour.

 

[Jazzy]

IMO, she didn't deserve a 30 day ban. Facebook requires written permission from the author of the post. He GAVE written permission when he told her to: Put this in your 'men who hate Hildur' folder, Hildur Lilliendahl.