HatespeechexplodedonFacebookatthestartoftheRohingyacrisisinMyanmarlastyear,analysishasrevealed,withexpertsblamingthesocialnetworkforcreating“chaos”inthecountry.
HatecrimesinBritainsurgedbythehighestamountonrecordlastyear,officialfiguresshowedonTuesday,withthevotetoleavetheEuropeanUnionasignificantfactor.TheHomeOffice(in
InternetgiantslikeFacebookandGooglehavehadtostepuptheirfightsagainsthatespeechinrecentmonths,buttheyonlyoccasionallypresentaunitedfrontagainstbigotry.Thatmightc
FacebookandTwitterarefacingrenewedcallsfromUSlawmakerstoensureadsontheirrespectiveplatformsaren'tusedtospreadhate.ThetwofirmsarecurrentlycooperatingwithCongress
Facebook,TwitterandothersocialmediacompanieshavebeengivenanultimatumbytheEuropeanUnion:ridyourplatformsofhatespeechorfacelegalconsequences.Europeanregulatorshav
RepresentativesforTaylorSwiftonTuesdayrejectedacopyrightinfringementlawsuitfiledonMondaybytwosongwritersoverSwift’shitsong“ShakeItOff”asa“ridiculousclaim.”Songw
Onlinehatecrimemustbetreatedasseriouslyas"offline"offences,underrevampedprosecutionrules.TheCrownProsecutionService(CPS)hasissuedrevisedguidelinesinresponsetoth
MajortechcompaniessuchasGoogle,FacebookandPayPalarebanishingagrowingcadreofextremistgroupsandindividualsinthewakeofthedeadlyclashatawhite-nationalistrallylastwe
It'snotjustdomainregistrarsandgamechatservicesthatarecrackingdownonneo-Nazisinthewakeoftheracism-fuelledviolenceinCharlottesville.FacebookandReddithavebothconfi
AGermansatiristwhoclaimsTwitterisfailingtodeletehatespeechhascapturedthefirm'sattentionoffline-bystencillingtheoffendingmessagesoutsideitsHamburgoffice.ShahakSh
InSpain,hatecrimehasincreaseddramaticallyoverthelastyear.VariousorganizationsbelievethatthisismainlybecauseofareactiontotherecentterroristattacksacrossEurope,CG
GianlucaStringhini'steam,whichisbasedatUniversityCollegeLondon,haspublishedtwopapersexploringhowhatespeechandfakenewsarespreadaroundtheinternet.Inaninterviewwit
Lonon'sMetropolitanPolice(Met)saidWednesdaynightthat25peoplehadbeenarrestedinthecapitalfor"hatecrimes"sinceSaturday'sterrorattackonLondonBridge."TheMetropolitan
TwitterhasfailedtomeetEuropeanstandardsforremovinghatespeechonline,figurestobepublishedThursdayshow,aspressuremounts,particularlyontheContinent,fortechcompanies
FacebookcriticizedthenewGermanhatespeechlaw,callingit"inappropriate"intheirfirstofficialstatementsincethebillwasdrafted,theGermanbusinessmagazineWirtschaftswoch
A US hate-attack monitoring group has documented 437 cases of intimidation and abuse towards minorities since the general election a week ago.
Reported hate crimes against Muslims rose in 2015 to their highest number since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to FBI statistics released Monday.
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