Page 4 - Hate Speech

Will 'Facebook papers' be final nudge for social media regulations?

The Facebook papers show Facebook should have done a lot more to curb the spread of hate and violence around the world. Will it be the final nudge for bringing in regulations for social media?

Facebook admits site hardwired for misinformation, show documents

An internal memo warned Facebook's "core product mechanics", or its basic workings, had let hate speech and misinformation grow on the platform

Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook making online hate worse

Haugen appeared before a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British govt's draft legislation to crack down on harmful online content, and her comments could help lawmakers beef up the rules

Hate speech case: Delhi HC grants bail to organiser of Jantar Mantar event

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Preet Singh, one of organisers of an event at Jantar Mantar where communal slogans were allegedly raised last month. The petition is allowed. The petitioner has been granted bail, said Justice Mukta Gupta. Singh, who was remanded to judicial custody on August 10 after his arrest, is accused of creating enmity between different groups and inciting the youth to propagate against a particular religion at a rally at Jantar Mantar here on August 8. In his plea filed through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, Singh claimed that he was not involved in giving any inflammatory speech or raising any slogan against any person or community. He asserted that the demand of establishing a Hindu nation did not attract Section 153A (hate speech) of the IPC and that he was not even present at the site at the time of sloganeering. The Delhi Police had opposed Singh's plea for his release on bail. On August 27, Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil had refuse

'We are not Taliban State'; Court junks bail application in hate speech

A Delhi court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a Hindu organisation's president who allegedly raised communal slogans, saying we are not a Taliban State.

Jantar Mantar sloganeering: Judicial custody for Ashwini Upadhayay, others

A Delhi Court sent Advocate Ashwini Upadhayay to two days of judicial custody in connection with inflammatory sloganeering near Jantar Mantar recently

Facebook decides to update its policies on handling satirical content

Facebook said that it will add information to the Community Standards

Twitter rolls out new prompts for users to curb bullying on its platform

Twitter has rolled out improved prompts that will encourage users to pause and reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before tweeting it

Facebook's Instagram launches feature to tackle hate speech, abuse

Facebook Inc's Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech: Details here

A civil rights group said CEO Mark Zuckerberg made false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules

Holocaust survivors across world harness social media to spread message

Holocaust survivors from around the world are taking to social media to share their experience of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder

Facebook steps up efforts to curb hate speech amid polls in Indian states

Facebook is taking several measures, including reducing distribution of content deemed to be hate speech

BJP has a different standard for hate speech from its leaders: Omar

The BJP has a completely different standard when it comes to hate speech from its leaders, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah alleged

SC notice to govt, Twitter to check fake news, hate speech on platform

Notice comes amid govt-Twitter spat over content takedown requests made by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to the microblogging firm

SC grants protection to AAP leader Sanjay Singh in UP hate speech cases

The court said that UP Police are not precluded from seeking sanction to prosecute him from Rajya Sabha Chairperson in the cases

SC seeks govt's response on plea seeking law to regulate social media

Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of law to regulate social media platforms and make them responsible for spreading fake news and hate speeches

Why not curb instigating TV programmes: Supreme Court to Centre

The apex court stressed upon the need for "fair and truthful" reporting and said that problem arises when it is used to agitate others

Hate speech seen in 10 out of 10,000 views on our platform: Facebook

Facebook said due to its investments in artificial intelligence, the company has been able to remove more hate speech and find more of it proactively before users report it

For ever 10,000 views of content, 11 had hate speech, reveals Facebook

The prevalence of hate speech on Facebook in July-Sept period this year was 0.10% to 0.11%, meaning that out of every 10,000 views of content on Facebook, 10 to 11 of them included hate speech

Facebook estimates hate speech seen in 1 out of 1000 views on its platform

Facebook also said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95% of which was proactively identified