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How the Far-Right Is Radicalizing Anti-Vaxxers
Far-right groups have latched onto anti-vaccine protests and rallies, creating a pipeline to extremism.
TikTok Has an Incel Problem
Toxic masculinity and incel language like #redpill can be found all over the app.
OK, So Facebook Is Bad. Now What?
Facebook, it has become increasingly clear, cannot be trusted to govern itself.
How Facebook Is Stoking a Civil War in Ethiopia
Online hate is adding fuel to the country’s deadly conflict, and researchers say Facebook is failing to stop it.
A Sheriff’s Deputy Was Caught on Video Yelling the N-Word. He Wasn’t Fired.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Billy Littleton has been suspended for 30 days without pay and will be placed on probation for a full year.
Facebook Criticised After Running Ad Paid for by German Neo-Nazis
The company admitted that the advert breached its own hate-speech policies.
Muslim Women Were ‘Auctioned Like Cattle’ on a Hate Site
“It was nothing less than us being trafficked,” said one of the women.
Stop Sexualising Pakistani Women Posting Their Eid Photos
An Indian YouTube channel livestreamed Eid photos of Pakistani women without their consent and “rated” them.
Twitter Banned a Bollywood Star for Hate Speech. Now She's Turned to Instagram.
Kangana Ranaut, known for her provocative views, is the highest profile public figure to be banned from Twitter in India.
How Australia Is Cracking Down on Internet Trolls
Australia now wants to fine social media platforms that fail to take down posts containing hate speech.
Poland Wants to Ban Social Media Companies From Banning Hate Speech
It comes after Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter and suspended from other platforms.
Facebook Groups Say They Were Censored Just for Using the Word ‘Men’
Tag group admins claim that anything even remotely negative about men gets automatically flagged or taken down. The same doesn't seem to apply to posts disparaging or even threatening women.