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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Responding to suicide, MKs eye anti-shaming laws
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli lawmakers are looking to take steps to prevent online defamation after an Israeli public servant killed himself over an accusatory Facebook post.
An African-American immigrant to Israel wrote a Facebook post last week accusing an Interior Ministry official of racism. Her post was shared more than 6,000 times.
Before committing suicide, the official wrote a Facebook post rejecting the claim and saying he could not bear the public shame.
At a discussion on the incident Wednesday, Israeli lawmakers called for Internet anti-defamation laws.
— AP
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