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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 »

Verizon joins brands boycotting Facebook ads over hate speech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 08:15 PM

US telecoms giant Verizon joined the growing list of brands vowing to stop buying advertising on Facebook on Thursday over its perceived failure to crack down on hate speech and incitements to violence. Read more »

US civil rights groups call for Facebook ad boycott over hate speech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 06:06 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - US civil rights groups have called for advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, saying hate speech and incitement to violence are not being moderated on the platform.   Read more »

Germany to tighten screws on online hate speech

Mathieu Foulkes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 07:58 PM

With the danger growing from far-right extremists and torrents of threats against politicians, Germany plans to toughen online speech laws and tighten the screws on social networks. Read more »

Japan city to criminally punish hate speech

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 12 09:53 PM

The assembly of a major Japanese city on Thursday passed an ordinance bill imposing criminal penalties for hate speech, a first for the country. Read more »

YouTube bans 'implied' threats

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 07:25 AM

YouTube already bans explicit threats, but now "veiled or implied" threats will be barred as well, according to Halprin.   Read more »

Police checking Philippines link of 8chan tagged in US shooting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 12:46 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde said Tuesday authorities were verifying reports that online message board 8chan, which was used to announce a mass shooting in the US, was being operated out of the country. Read more »