$US1b lawsuit: Facebook accused of being Hamas tool
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Lawyers filed a $US1 billion lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging it allowed the Palestinian militant Hamas group to use the platform to plot attacks that killed four Americans and wounded one in Israel, the West Bank and Jerusalem.