During Monday’s meeting in Berlin, executives from the site also announced that Facebook would provide financial support to groups that collect examples of online hate speech and begin a campaign to encourage anti-hate speech online, the Journal reported.

“We have effective systems, but they are not always 100 percent effective”, Richard Allan, Facebook’s regional vice president for policy, said in Berlin after meeting with German Justice Minister Heiko Maas.

Facebook has vowed to help the German government clamp down on hate speech and xenophobia relating to refugees.

Facebook stated it might work with organisations in Germany “to develop applicable options to counter xenophobia and racism and to characterize this on-line”.

“This is a task that involves the whole of society, and I am very thankful to Facebook that it is recognizing its responsibility within this task”, he said, adding that the scheme was to be fully prepared by the end of the year if possible.

Facebook has urged its users to report offensive postings and announced a partnership with the group Voluntary Self-Monitoring of Multimedia Service Providers (FSM). The intention is to speed the process of deleting hateful posts and comments.

Weeks ago Germany’s most popular film star, Til Schweiger, blasted fans who left dozens of anti-migrant comments on his Facebook page after he appealed for donations for a refugee charity. FB and other internet firms frequently remove stuff that break local hate speech rules, however European governments have asked social networks to adopt a more proactive approach in response to increasing xenophobic activities and terrorist propaganda.

“A lot of what is posted is not only in breach of German law, it is also against Facebook’s own guidelines”, said Konstantin von Notz, digital spokesperson for the Green Party. Facebook will also donate to groups that fight online hate speech and help users write posts designed to counter hateful ones.

However, the big question at the moment is how Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) intends to handle racist posts in the country. “The conversations that take place on Facebook, reflect the diversity of a community of more than one billion people”, said Eva-Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook policy manager for Germany, in a statement on the matter.