Tech companies shut down white nationalist sites
Clip: 8/19/2017 | 4m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Tech companies shut down white nationalist sites
Events in Charlottesville last week prompted the tech community to take steps against hate speech. Companies like Google have stopped hosting white nationalist websites, and Facebook and Twitter have shut down known white nationalists’ accounts. Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that the tactics used to silence neo-Nazis online could be used against others in the future.
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Tech companies shut down white nationalist sites
Clip: 8/19/2017 | 4m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Events in Charlottesville last week prompted the tech community to take steps against hate speech. Companies like Google have stopped hosting white nationalist websites, and Facebook and Twitter have shut down known white nationalists’ accounts. Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that the tactics used to silence neo-Nazis online could be used against others in the future.
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