Facebook and Israel to work to monitor posts that incite violence

Facebook delegation is in Israel as the government pushes legislative steps to force social networks to rein in content that officials say incites violence

The Israeli government and Facebook have agreed to work together to determine how to tackle incitement on the social media network, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday.

The announcement came after two government ministers met top Facebook officials to discuss the matter. The Facebook delegation is in Israel as the government pushes ahead with legislative steps meant to force social networks to rein in content that Israel says incites violence.