Posts Tagged: online hate speech
Study: ‘Big Five’ Social Media Platforms Earn ‘B-’ in Tackling Hate Online
JNS.org - An “explosion of hate and lurid conspiracies” proliferating across various social media platforms has been observed this year, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said...
‘A Coalition of Hate’: The Online Extremists That Are Testing Big Tech
CTech - As far-right extremists stormed the nation’s Capitol at the start of the month, it was the accumulation of weeks and months of online...
European Police in Coordinated Raids Against Online Hate Speech
European police launched coordinated raids in seven countries on Tuesday as part of a clampdown on online hatred and incitement to violence, the European Union...
US State Department Conference Tackles Mounting Hate and Antisemitism Online
JNS.org - Hate online, particularly antisemitism, is continuing to grow at alarming rates, and stopping it will require education, collaboration and a cohesive definition were...
US Antisemitism Envoy Warns of Continued Online Hatred After COVID Subsides
JNS.org - As antisemitism has fomented during the coronavirus pandemic, hatred towards Jews as it pertains to the outbreak won’t go away once it ends, warned US...
Twitter Says 2018 Tweet in Which Farrakhan Compared Jews to Termites Violates New Rules
Twitter on Tuesday said it was requiring Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to take down a 2018 tweet in which he compared Jews to...
Neo-Nazi and Extremist Groups Face Permanent Twitter Bans Under New ‘Hateful Conduct’ Rules
Twitter accounts belonging to certain Neo-Nazi, white supremacist and black nationalist groups were suddenly unavailable on Tuesday after the social media platform introduced new rules to combat...
New Law in Germany Orders Social Media Companies to Delete Hate Speech or Face Hefty Fines
Social media companies operating in Germany face fines of as much as $57 million if they do not delete illegal, racist or slanderous comments and...
