European Union
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Responses to the EU agreement
Yesterday’s briefing on the agreement between the European Commission and Facebook, YouTube, Microsoft and Twitter on improvements to handling hate speech received a strong positive reaction, almost 300 likes and shares, but also a backlash in the comments from people arguing this was impinging on their free speech. That argument mostly comes from bigots who…
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European Union agreement with Social Media Platforms on tackling Hate Speech
The Online Hate Prevention Institute welcomes the news that the European Union has just reach agreement on a code of conduct to tackle hate speech with the largest social media platforms providers: Facebook, Microsoft, YouTube and Twitter. Under the agreement the platforms will “quickly and efficiently” tackle illegal hate speech relating to race, color, religion,…