Tag: hate speech
Harnessing potential of social media: New partnership between UNESCO and EU
UNESCO and the European Union are launching a new project entitled ‘Social Media for Peace’ to strengthen the resilience of civil society to potential harmful…
Facebook’s UK boss says ‘when there’s hate in the world there will also be hate on Facebook’
Facebook U.K. boss Steve Hatch said Tuesday “when there’s hate in the world there will also be hate on Facebook” as companies continue to boycott…
Social media platforms improve action against hate speech
Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have improved action on countering illegal hate speech online, says an EU Commission report, but better transparency…
Commission publishes EU Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online continues to deliver results
Today the European Commission released the results of its fifth evaluation of the 2016 Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. The results…
France passes bill forcing Web giants to delete hate speech
Social networks and other online content providers will have to remove paedophile and terrorism-related content from their platforms within the hour or face a fine…



