German group sues Facebook owner Meta over death threats

BERLIN (AP) — A German environmental group says it’s suing Facebook’s parent company Meta over persistent death threats posted on the social network against its staff. Environmental Action Germany known by German acronym DUH says Meta has been unwilling to stop the threats of violence regularly directed at its director Juergen Resch and others in a Facebook group with more than 50,000 members. DUH has conducted high-profile campaigns demanding that German cities enforce air quality rules by banning certain heavily polluting vehicles. Meta didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. German lawmaker Renate Kuenast won a case against Facebook last year forcing the company to remove fake quotes attributed to her from its site and pay damages. Facebook is appealing the ruling.