On Monday, Facebook told Examiner that a community page called "Kill Zimmerman" did not violate the site's standards for violence. By Monday afternoon, the page had been removed, along with another page entitled "Let's Kill Zimmerman" that was started on Sunday, apparently in response to the not guilty verdict handed down Saturday.
Facebook's response came within seconds of filing the report, something many other Facebook users reported to Examiner.
The page appeared to be a replacement for another "Kill Zimmerman" page that garnered over 6,300 likes before being pulled.
A search of Facebook found that two pages named " George Zimmerman must die " continue to exist. The only difference between the pages is the word "die," which is spelled "DIE" on one page .
The search also revealed a closed group named " Kill Zimmerman " with 95 members and a closed group named " Kill george zimmerman bitch a*z " continues to exist with 13 members.
The incident is the latest in a long string of reports that have many wondering if Facebook is employing a double standard in its enforcement.
Questions were raised after Facebook unpublished the popular " Uncle Sam's Misguided Children " after republishing it for about 24 hours.
Administrators of other pro-veteran pages recently contacted Examiner after their pages were removed under questionable circumstances.
"If Facebook had an open policy where they barely deleted anything, this might not be a problem," Willie Deutsch wrote at Net Right Daily . "However, stories regularly pop up of conservatives who were banned permanently or temporarily from Facebook."
Diane Sori, a conservative blogger from Florida, was banned earlier this year for a link she never posted , and a Texas man was punished for likening a friend to a liberal .
Facebook recently ruled that a page calling for infidels to be beheaded did not violate their standards.
Facebook ultimately pulled the "Behead Those Who Disrespect Our Prophet P.B.U.H" page and admitted it made a mistake by banning Fox News' Todd Starnes over a politically incorrect post.
"If political incorrectness can violate Facebook’s 'Community Standards' but advocating someone’s death does not, then it has become a social media site that engages in viewpoint discrimination while allowing itself to be used as a platform to advocate murder," Deutsch added.
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