Hate speech
Facebook: New oversight board to only regulate content, can't change policy
While the new board cannot make policy, the company will be required to respond publicly to any recommendations the board makes.
Why Youtube took down 1 Lakh videos betwen April and June this year
Roughly 1,00,000 videos propagating hate speech, 17,000 channels and 500 million comments have been removed during the time period
The case for regulating social media in India
The time has come to seriously evaluate the role played by social media in spreading disinformation and hate speech in election season.
Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup
Facebook has been under scrutiny from regulators around the world over data sharing practices.
Dissecting Sri Lankan government’s social media ban
Sri Lanka has a complicated history with social media, providing context to the government’s ban on it after the Easter Sunday attacks.
US Senator Warner eyes social media bills for hate speech
Warner noted the real-life implications of hate speech on social media.
An app to fight hate
HateHatao app lets users report instances of hate speech, threats and crimes along with the evidence in form of screenshots, videos, and pictures.
Why can’t Yogi Adityanath be prosecuted for 'hate speech', SC asks UP govt
The SC issued notice returnable in 4 weeks on special leave petition against Allahabad HC order rejecting plea for action for hate speech.
Facebook claims it was 'too slow' to combat hate speech in Myanmar
Some 700,000 Rohingya fled their homes last year after an army crackdown that the United States denounced as ethnic cleansing.
Tech giants still stumbling in the social world they made
The dark side of untrammelled discourse, the thinking went, would sort itself out as online communities moderated themselves.