Facebook vows to fight hate speech, but it may be too late for Rohingya Muslims
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — A social media network set up to connect people is now acknowledging it needs to do more to prevent the spread of hate speech […]
TED Talks Daily | What we can do about the culture of hate | Sally Kohn
Source: TED Talks BY Sally Kohn We’re all against hate, right? We agree it’s a problem — their problem, not our problem, that is. But as Sally Kohn discovered, we […]
Myanmar groups say Facebook hasn’t controlled hate speech
Source: Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Civil society and rights groups in Myanmar said Facebook has failed to adequately act against online hate speech that incites violence against the country’s […]
Anti-Muslim letters to MPs bear hallmarks of earlier hate campaign
Source: The Guardian BY Nick Dowson The ‘Punish a Muslim’ letters, which threaten extreme violence, were received by four MPs. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Anti-Muslim letters and suspicious packages received by MPs […]
Muslim Cyber Army: a ‘fake news’ operation designed to derail Indonesia’s leader
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Jakarta Police in Indonesia make arrests as Guardian investigation reveals fake Twitter accounts and violent propaganda A screengrab from the Muslim Cyber Army Facebook […]
London mayor Sadiq Khan warns big tech on hate speech
Source: BBC News By Dave Lee North America technology reporter Stricter regulation, including large fines, is one option to force technology companies to take the issue of hate speech more […]
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders
Source: BBC News Twitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech. Paul Golding, Britain First’s leader, and […]
German law takes initiative in countering hate speech on social media
Source: Religion New Service By Tom Heneghan | December 8, 2017 PARIS (RNS) The internet has been called “the world’s biggest sewer,” where hate speech and fake news are polluting a global source […]
Muslim leaders speak out against Trump’s inflammatory retweets
Source: Religion News Service By Sharon Samber | November 29, 2017 Muslim American and other activists gathered on Capitol Hill on Nov. 29, 2017, to condemn President Trump’s retweets hours earlier of videos […]
Sierra Leone arrests pastor who blamed Islam for ‘every terrorist act in history’
Source: The Guardian BY Cooper Inveen A Nigerian pastor has been arrested in Sierra Leone after recordings of a sermon targeting Muslims went viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage. In an […]
Study finds Saudi government still tolerates hate speech
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY Yesterday DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Saudi government continues to tolerate hate speech by some clerics against minority groups while public school […]
A Look Inside the Hate-Filled Twitter Accounts That President Trump Retweeted
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Sep 17, 2017 President Donald Trump retweeted posts from two Twitter accounts Sunday — both of which have histories of hate-filled posts including anti-Muslim sentiments. […]
USA: At Arkansas Mosque, Spreading Hate and Finding Mercy
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Abraham Davis was sitting on a thin blue pad on the concrete floor of Cell 3 in a jail in western Arkansas when a guard came around with stamped envelopes and writing paper. The Two Americans Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their […]
Australia’s grand mufti wins defamation case over News Corp articles
Source: The Guardian BY Christopher Knaus Media group consents to judgment as part of settlement with Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, after paper said he had not condemned Paris attacks Australia grand […]
Unfettered online hate speech fuels Islamophobia in China
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH HEFEI, China (AP) — The flood of angry anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media was the first sign of how fiercely the suburban middle-class homeowners […]
Pakistan TV’s Aamir Liaquat Hussain must apologise for ‘hate speech’
Source: BBC Pakistan’s media regulator has ordered a controversial televangelist to apologise on air for hate speech. Aamir Liaquat Hussain had accused liberal activists, bloggers and journalists of blasphemy and […]
YouTube: UK government suspends ads amid extremism concerns
Source: BBC The government has removed its adverts from YouTube amid concerns they are appearing next to “inappropriate” material on the video-sharing site. The Cabinet Office said it was seeking […]
Germany warns social media firms over illegal content
Source: BBC Social media firms in Germany could face fines of up to 50 million euros if they take too long to remove illegal content including fake news. Germany’s justice […]
ADL plans Silicon Valley center to fight cyberhate
Source: USA Today By Jon Swartz , USA TODAYPublished 5:59 p.m. ET March 12, 2017 | Updated 24 hours ago Thousands have flooded into Austin, Texas to experience the 31st Annual […]
Danish Man Who Burned Quran Is Prosecuted for Blasphemy in Denmark
Source: The New York Times By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in […]