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It's nice to see a company supporting free speech for once. Facebook didn't have to leave those pages up, it's a private company and owns that page; I'm glad they chose to act as a free and unrestrained nexus of expression. I don't agree with the page in question, but no speech should be censored by a government.

It's almost like Facebook has some sort of moral. They should really pick their fights better. I mean, they piss off the users all the time, but they won't do it the time the UK asks them to? Shouldn't have used up your piss-off-credits so quickly, Facebook.

but yeah, Raoul Moat, true hero, I hate authority (my parents), etc..

I wonder what makes Facebook care about this more than other instances of free expression?