Hate Speech

Slovenia's ruling Freedom Movement party (GS) said Saturday it had decided to stop using Twitter over concerns the social network was being used to spread fake news and hate speech.

Days after vowing to earn back the "trust of the people", Elon Musk claimed that hate speech impressions on Twitter were down by one-third from pre-spike levels.

Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday. The EU figures were published as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms' compliance with the 27-nation bloc's code of conduct on disinformation.

New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday polled users on whether the site should offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, using the same method he used to handle the case of Donald Trump.

A special MP/MLA court today granted regular bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who has challenged his conviction in the 2019 hate speech case in a sessions court.

Elon Musk recently reinstated the Twitter accounts of former US President Donald Trump and Kanye West, weeks after he fired a majority of the company's workforce. Last week, several engineers exited the firm after an ultimatum from Musk to face “extremely hardcore” working conditions at Twitter. If you are concerned about safety on Twitter, her...

Controversialpreacher Zakir Naik, who faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India, is set to give religious lectures at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, according to reports.

Elon Musk has been trying to revamp Twitter ever since he took control of the microblogging site.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's name has been removed from the electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, officials said on Thursday, weeks after he was convicted in a 2019 hate speech case.

Elon Musk should come to the European Parliament to reassure lawmakers that Twitter won't become a platform that threatens democracy, a lawmaker said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the EU’s internal market commissioner has warned Musk that he will have to follow the EU’s rules, most notably the Digital Services Act that requires companies to take down...

A Rampur sessions court today rejected Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's appeal challenging his conviction in a hate speech case that led to his disqualification from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

Azam Khan had been sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a hate speech case from 2019.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Rampur district and sessions court challenging the order convicting him in a hate speech case, which led to his disqualification as an MLA.

Oreo maker Mondelez has pulled its ads off Twitter, the company's CEO said in an interview on Tuesday. The Mondelez chief executive said the firm felt there was a risk of its advertising appearing next to the wrong messages on Twitter, and that the company has decided to take a pause and a break from advertising on the microblogging platform until ...

Elon Musk has taken charge of the social media platform Twitter and users are now wondering what he’ll do with the platform. Many have been concerned his approach to moderation may fuel more hate speech on Twitter.

Slovenia's ruling Freedom Movement party (GS) said Saturday it had decided to stop using Twitter over concerns the social network was being used to spread fake news and hate speech.

Days after vowing to earn back the "trust of the people", Elon Musk claimed that hate speech impressions on Twitter were down by one-third from pre-spike levels.

Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday. The EU figures were published as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms' compliance with the 27-nation bloc's code of conduct on disinformation.

New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday polled users on whether the site should offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, using the same method he used to handle the case of Donald Trump.

A special MP/MLA court today granted regular bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who has challenged his conviction in the 2019 hate speech case in a sessions court.

Elon Musk recently reinstated the Twitter accounts of former US President Donald Trump and Kanye West, weeks after he fired a majority of the company's workforce. Last week, several engineers exited the firm after an ultimatum from Musk to face “extremely hardcore” working conditions at Twitter. If you are concerned about safety on Twitter, her...

Controversialpreacher Zakir Naik, who faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India, is set to give religious lectures at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, according to reports.

Elon Musk has been trying to revamp Twitter ever since he took control of the microblogging site.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's name has been removed from the electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, officials said on Thursday, weeks after he was convicted in a 2019 hate speech case.

Elon Musk should come to the European Parliament to reassure lawmakers that Twitter won't become a platform that threatens democracy, a lawmaker said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the EU’s internal market commissioner has warned Musk that he will have to follow the EU’s rules, most notably the Digital Services Act that requires companies to take down...

A Rampur sessions court today rejected Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's appeal challenging his conviction in a hate speech case that led to his disqualification from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

Azam Khan had been sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a hate speech case from 2019.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Rampur district and sessions court challenging the order convicting him in a hate speech case, which led to his disqualification as an MLA.

Oreo maker Mondelez has pulled its ads off Twitter, the company's CEO said in an interview on Tuesday. The Mondelez chief executive said the firm felt there was a risk of its advertising appearing next to the wrong messages on Twitter, and that the company has decided to take a pause and a break from advertising on the microblogging platform until ...

Elon Musk has taken charge of the social media platform Twitter and users are now wondering what he’ll do with the platform. Many have been concerned his approach to moderation may fuel more hate speech on Twitter.