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EU frets over Twitter job losses as hate speech grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 06:24 AM

The European Union on Thursday expressed concern about layoffs at Twitter since its takeover by Elon Musk, after the reported closure of the tech firm's lobbying office in Brussels. Read more »

Millions of FB, IG content removed during 2022 elections due to violations

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 11:46 AM

Some 5 million pieces of content were removed from Facebook and Instagram before and after the May elections due to policy violations, Meta said. Read more »

Free speech or hate speech? Fears for Musk's Twitter

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 08:38 AM

Elon Musk describes himself as a "free-speech absolutist," leaving rights groups fearful that Twitter will provide a forum for hate speech and disinformation under his ownership. Read more »

No joke: Political satire in Venezuela a risky business

Esteban Rojas, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 21 12:08 PM

Efforts to control free speech in Venezuela are nothing new. Read more »

Sentenced for a selfie: Middle East police target LGBTQ+ phones

Maya Gebeily and Avi Asher-Schapiro, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Mar 07 09:57 AM

Police forces in Tunisia, Egypt, and Lebanon are increasingly relying on digital tools to identify, entrap and prosecute LGBTQ+ people. Read more »

TikTok bars deadnaming, updates rules on hate speech

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Feb 11 10:51 AM

TikTok is changing its definition of hate speech to include deadnaming and misgendering, part of an overhaul of the video app's community guidelines. Read more »

Facebook failing to contain hate speech in India: reports

Juliette Michel with Jalees Andrabi in Delhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 07:11 AM

Facebook was well aware that hate speech was spreading on its site in India which could exacerbate ethnic violence, according to internal documents. Read more »

Google takes legal action over Germany's expanded hate-speech law

Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 08:53 PM

Google said on Tuesday that it was taking legal action over an expanded version of Germany's hate-speech law that recently took effect, saying its provisions violated the right to privacy of its users.   Read more »

Facebook deploys special team, as Israel-Gaza conflict spreads across social media

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at May 20 05:25 AM

Misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence about the conflict have circulated on social media platforms amid the deadly fighting.   Read more »

Unilever to resume advertising on Facebook, Twitter in US

Reuters
Posted at Dec 18 10:36 AM

Unilever Plc said it would resume advertising on Facebook Inc, Instagram and Twitter Inc in the United States after pausing in June due to divisiveness and hate speech on the platforms during the US election period. Read more »

Facebook content moderators call for better treatment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 10:16 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - As Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg prepares to be grilled by a Senate committee about the handling of politically-charged posts, content moderators are insisting that properly valuing their work is key. Read more »

Pakistani PM asks Facebook CEO to ban Islamophobic content

Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 01:03 PM

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's prime minister has appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalization amongst Muslims, the government said on Sunday. Read more »

TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 09:10 AM

TikTok on Thursday said it has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a part of a mission to "eliminate hate" on the platform. Read more »

Facebook failure to curb hate speech in India ignites fury

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 11:27 AM

NEW DELHI - Facebook is in the eye of a political storm in India after claims it failed to take action against hate speech posts by a Hindu nationalist lawmaker out of fear for its business interests. Read more »

Facebook decisions 'setbacks for civil rights,' audit finds

Mike Isaac, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 09 09:19 AM

Auditors hand-picked by Facebook to examine its policies said that the company had not done enough to protect people on the platform from discriminatory posts and ads and that its decisions to leave up President Donald Trump’s inflammatory posts were “significant setbacks for civil rights.” Read more »

Facebook ad boycott organizers cite no progress on hate speech

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 03:58 PM

Organizers of the Facebook ad boycott vowed Tuesday to press on with their campaign, saying the social network's top executives had failed to offer meaningful action on curbing hateful content. Read more »

Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off

Sheila Dang and Katie Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 07:47 AM

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks vanished from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site. Read more »

Twitch, Reddit hate crackdown targets Trump, supporters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 03:21 AM

Reddit on Monday said it yanked a forum used by supporters of President Donald Trump as part of a crackdown on hateful posts at the popular online bulletin board while the game streaming platform Twitch briefly suspended the president.   Read more »

Starbucks pauses social media ads as it targets 'hate speech'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 07:34 AM

WASHINGTON, US -- Starbucks said Sunday that it will pause its advertising on social media while it studies ways to "stop the spread of hate speech" as part of a growing corporate movement. Read more »

Facebook ramps up efforts to curb 'hateful content' in ads

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 27 06:41 PM

Facebook said Friday it would ban a "wider category of hateful content" in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to widening protests over its handling of inflammatory posts. Read more »