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Pakistani PM writes to Facebook CEO seeking ban on Islamophobic content

Khan asks for similar ban 'that you have put in place for the Holocaust'

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22.   © Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -- Pakistan's prime minister has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisisation amongst Muslims, the government said on Sunday.

In the letter, shared by the Pakistani government on Twitter, Imran Khan said that "growing Islamophobia" is encouraging extremism and violence across the world -- especially through social media platforms such as Facebook.

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