Jewish leaders seek better policing of online hate speech
Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said online radicalization was giving rise not only to more anti-Semitic incidents, but also hate crimes directed at Muslims and others.
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Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind
According to the FBI, hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. Studies also suggest white nationalist and white supremacist ideologies are spreading. Derek Black was raised in a household that espoused such beliefs, but during college, his views…
Facebook limits livestreaming in effort to crack down on extremism
Facebook said it's tightening up the rules for its livestreaming service with a "one strike" policy applied to a broader range of offenses.
Facebook bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan for hate speech
The company said Thursday that it has also banned right-wing leaders Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Laura Loomer, along with Jones' site, Infowars.
Violent hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. and across the globe. As a result, the ways in which hate groups use social media to threaten, galvanize and radicalize are drawing new scrutiny, including from Congress on Tuesday.
The social network says it hadn't applied its ban to expressions of white nationalism because it previously linked such expressions with broader concepts of nationalism and separatism.
President Trump shared what are widely seen as virulent anti-Muslim messages on Wednesday, igniting a new firestorm and prompting a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May to say, “It is wrong for the president to have done this.” Judy…
WASHINGTON — Incendiary rhetoric has seeped into 2016 presidential politics, surfaced in the public debate over accepting Syrian refugees into the U.S. and popped up repeatedly following terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.
At the University of Missouri, protests and a president's resignation have put a spotlight on heated debate taking place on campuses across the country over hateful speech and racial insensitivities. Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education…
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