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One-year jail term, up to Dhs200,000 fine for inciting hate speech in UAE

19 Dec 2020

The UAE Public Prosecution on Saturday published a video on its social media accounts to raise awareness on the penalties regarding the possession and distribution of material that incites...

Free speech should not chain people to hate

30 Oct 2020

The UAE has taken the right step in the right direction by condemning the knife attack at a church in Nice. In a statement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Imran Khan slams Emmanuel Macron for 'creating further polarisation'

26 Oct 2020

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has slammed French President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks on Islamophobia, saying the latter was "creating further polarisation and marginalisation that inevitably leads to...

Selena Gomez urges Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help stop spreading hate

20 Sep 2020

Pop star Selena Gomez has written a message to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the social network's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, urging them to help stop the spread...

Facebook bans India ruling party politician over hate speech

03 Sep 2020

Facebook has banned an outspoken right-wing Indian politician for spreading hate speech about Muslims as the social media giant battles accusations of bias over its handling of rival parties...

Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar election

01 Sep 2020

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar's general election in November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violence...

Facebook removes nearly 200 accounts linked to white supremacy groups

06 Jun 2020

Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police killings of black people - in...

Pandemic is unleashing a 'tsunami of hate,' warns UN

08 May 2020

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing "a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering” and appealed for "an all-out effort to end...

Gulalai’s father held for ‘hate speech’

26 Oct 2019

Pakistan confirmed it detained the father of prominent activist, Gulalai Ismail, who has fled the country. “Prof. Mohammad Ismail has been detained by the law enforcement authorities in Peshawar in...

Hate speech based on religion will have no place on twitter anymore

10 Jul 2019

As part of its effort to curb hate speech Twitter is moving to filter out inappropriate content based on religion. In a policy update Tuesday, Twitter said it would...

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