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Online hate speech

Daniel McMahon, 32, of Brandon, Florida pleaded guilty in April to using social media to threaten a Black activist to deter the man from running for office in Charlottesville, Virginia and also admitted that he threatened to sexually assault the young autistic daughter of a North Carolina woman who protested against white nationalists. (Photo | AP)

Online hate gets punished: White supremacist gets three years in jail for racist threats

He called himself “the Antifa hunter,” a reference to anti-fascist, leftist militant activists who confront or resist white supremacists.

01 Sep 2020 5:21 PM

A member of a social media rights group displays pictures of actress Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed's music video meant to depict a young bride’s joy that as shot in a mosque and went viral on the internet, at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan. The video infuriated religious radicals who inundated social media with claims that Qamar’s dancing sullied the historic Wazir Khan Mosque. The uproar was the latest example of how trolling has exploded online in Pakistan since a lockdown, imposed in March over coronavirus concerns, confined tens of millions to their homes. (AP)

'Blasphemy': Trolls flood social media in Pakistan amid virus lockdown

Activists and social media trackers say there has been a surge in online sectarian attacks, hate speech and cries of blasphemy

27 Aug 2020 12:25 PM


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