A Washington federal judge dismissed a $1 billion lawsuit today filed by Washington attorney Larry Klayman, the founder of Freedom Watch Inc., against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Klayman filed suit (PDF) against Zuckerberg and Facebook in May, accusing the social networking site and its officers of taking too long to remove a Facebook page that called for violence against Jews. The page was eventually removed, but Klayman, who is Jewish, had alleged that by allowing the page to stay up for several days, he was personally put at risk.

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