Hate Speech

What the PA is hiding

Anti-American and anti-British hate speech was omitted from the translation of Mahmoud Abbas's Cairo speech. Op-ed.

Antisemitic #TheJews hashtag trending on Twitter

Director of Israeli Digital Diplomacy Bureau blasts Twitter for allowing its platform to fill up with antisemitic hate speech.

Lithuanian MP’s anti-Israel post slammed as antisemitic

Vilnius prosecutor's office investigating lawmaker for antisemitism and the spread of hate speech.

UK media regulator fines Muslim TV network for antisemitic hate speech

Manchester Shia Muslim TV network's current affairs show aired content that included 'derogatory and abusive treatment of Jewish people.'

Free speech extremists spread antisemitism at Florida's Daytona 500 race

Group behind anti-Jewish hate at Daytona Beach event attempts to bait police into arrest so they can respond with lawsuit.

UK gov to compel social media companies to remove antisemitic content

Proposed laws would force platforms to follow policies on online hate or face fines of up to 10 percent of their annual revenue.

California passes bill to combat hate speech on social media

Measure to curb online hate speech and disinformation passes state legislature.

France expels imam for antisemitic hate speech

French government wins legal battle to have imam expelled for 'virulent antisemitic' hate speech.

UK regulator finds Muslim TV station guilty of ‘antisemitic hate speech’

British broadcast agency rules that Shia Muslim TV station broadcast antisemitic content on a discussion show in 2021.

Ireland introduces online hate speech legislation

Ireland announces online hate speech legislation intended to remove and prosecute hateful content, especially on social media platforms.

ADL Report: Social media firms failing to flag white supremacist content

Anti-Defamation League calls on social media firms to use its research to improve upon distinction between hate and commonplace speech.

NBA player Meyers Leonard speaks about the need for anti-Semitism education

During ADL virtual seminar, Leonard talks about the March controversy that led him to begin speaking out against anti-Semitism and hate.

French court orders Twitter to disclose efforts to combat hate speech

Ruling would force Twitter to hand over all documents related to its worldwide effort to remove hateful posts from its social network.

Holocaust “hate speech” remains on Portland apartment after one week

Jewish resident of apartment building's complaint is answered but she is told that graffiti can't be removed without a court injunction.

New anti-Semitic slurs used to evade social media algorithms

Secret language used to evade detection by algorithms poses challenge to law enforcement and social media platforms, new study reveals.

Facebook confirms 'hate speech' suspension for quoting Farrakhan

Social media mammoth rejects appeal by user suspended for quoting Nation of Islam head almost verbatim.

Facebook won't let boycott affect hate speech policies

Mark Zuckerberg nonplussed by advertising boycott, says companies 'will be back soon enough' even if policies don't change.

North Face, Patagonia, REI will boycott Facebook ads to protest hate speech

Several large companies boycott Facebook ads in attempt to force social media giant to stop ignoring hateful lies, dangerous propaganda.

Rapper who cursed Jews won't be prosecuted

Norwegian rapper who cursed Jews during performance was criticizing Israel, prosecutors say.

The automated speech police

Does the first amendment protect threats to Jews through social media?

Danish imam charged over call to kill Jews

For the first time, Denmark charges imam who preached to fight, kill, Jews.

French-Muslim activist denies tweet listing Jews was a hit list

Activist claims list of Jewish individuals and groups was a 'joke', not a hit list, accuses those on list of 'Islamophobia'.

French-Muslim website compiles ‘hit list’ featuring famous Jews

French-Muslim compiles ‘hit list,’ denies claims of hate speech, condemning complaints.

France's Macron vows cyber hate crackdown

French President Macron promises to work towards forcing web operators to remove hateful content.

Two Chinese tourists arrested in Germany over Nazi salute

German police arrest two Chinese tourists for making "Heil Hitler" salutes outside historic Reichstag building.

The Imam apologized, but I'm not buying

Toronto Police urged to charge imam with hate speech

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center calls on Toronto Police to charge local imam who called to eliminate Israel and Zionism.

Swedish Institute blocks Israeli ambassador on Twitter

Citing hate speech, Sweden ‘unfriends’ Israeli ambassador, other critics on Twitter.

'If hate speech is criminalized it will go underground'

Judge Napolitano condemns hate speech.

UK border forces detain notorious right-wing Polish ex-priest

UK authorities refuse entry to former Polish priest known for anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Belgian court upholds two-month sentence for anti-Semitic comic

A Belgian court on Friday upheld French comedian Dieudonne's two-month jail sentence for hate speech and Holocaust denial.

French-Jewish scholar to appear in court over 'hate speech'

Historian on the Jewish communities in Arab countries being prosecuted in France for alleged hate speech against Muslims.

Holocaust remembrance institutions decry rise in hate speech

90 U.S. Holocaust remembrance institutions, more than 70 individual scholars and educators, decry a rise in intolerance and hate speech.

Jews welcome crack down on hate

Jewish groups welcome a pledge by four internet giants to crack down on online hate speech.

Student protest: 'Trump 2016' like anti-Semitism

Demonstrators at Emory University protest pro-Trump chalk signs, compare "Trump 2016" to Nazi rhetoric and swastikas.

Russian Judge Dismissed for Anti-Semitic Post

Ivan Orsinin removed as judge for Facebook post praising 'Jews burning,' but will not be indicted for hate speech as he expressed regret.

The Truth-Teller's Gulag

Foreign Ministry to Fight Anti-Semitism on Google

Ministry establishes huge global experts' forum to so take down anti-Semitic websites, block access through searches.

'Hate Speech Laws Won't Stop Anti-Semitism'

American special envoy against anti-Semitism, Ira Forman, says Europe's policy of arresting those who commit hate speech is bound to fail.