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News Articles: Hate Speech

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is under pressure over how its platform may be harmful to users and society at large.

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Facebook is now revealing how often users see bullying or harassing posts

The social network is under pressure over how its platform may be harmful to users and society at large.

November 09, 2021
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  • Shannon Bond
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington in April 2018. In July 2020, Holocaust survivors around the world urged Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site.

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Antisemitic Posts Are Rarely Removed By Social Media Companies, A Study Finds

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok took no action on 84% of antisemitic posts, despite pledging to crack down on hate speech, according to the Center to Counter Digital Hate.

August 03, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
A new report by GLAAD highlights the high rate of harassment and hate facing LGBTQ users on social media. In this photo, demonstrators rally in favor of LGBTQ rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019.

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Social Media Hate Speech, Harassment 'Significant Problem' For LGBTQ Users: Report

LGBTQ social media users encounter hate speech and harassment at higher rates than all other identity groups at 64%, according to GLAAD's inaugural social media index report.

May 10, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Facebook created the panel of experts to review the hardest calls the social network makes about what it does and does not allow users to post.

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Facebook 'Supreme Court' Orders Social Network To Restore 4 Posts In 1st Rulings

The panel of experts tasked with reviewing Facebook's most difficult content decisions has issued its first rulings, dealing with hate speech, nudity and COVID-19 misinformation.

January 28, 2021
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  • Shannon Bond
Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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Civil Rights Groups Say If Facebook Won't Act On Election Misinformation, They Will

Facebook critics are banding together to monitor misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression on the social network because, they argue, it has fallen short.

September 25, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
From left: Luke Austin Lane, Jacob Kaderli and Michael Helterbrand are accused of plotting "to overthrow the government and murder a Bartow County couple," according to police in Floyd County, Ga.

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Amid 3 North Georgia Arrests, The State Of White Supremacy In The U.S.

Last week, federal agents arrested seven suspected members of the white supremacist group “The Base.” Among the suspects, three men from North Georgia —...

January 24, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer

Curbing Reddit Hate Speech

If you’ve ever visited any Reddit message board or YouTube comment section, you know internet trolls and hate speech go hand in hand. A new study from...

December 13, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Ryan McFadin

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