View When it comes to democracy, the world could learn vital lessons from Ireland ǀ View The recent European elections show that many countries in Europe are struggling to contain the rise of far-right populist parties antagonistic towards democracy. In Ireland, however, democracy has a spring in its step. 04/06/2019
USA Suspected killer of mob boss was swayed by hate speech, lawyer says What happened "will be shown to be directly related to the hate that people are bombarded with every day on the internet and elsewhere," the lawyer said. 26/03/2019
View America has exported hate. After the New Zealand attacks, it must rein it in ǀ View We have lectured other countries that the best way to limit violent radicalism is to attack its funding. It's time to take our own advice. 16/03/2019
Raw Politics Parade politics: Are Flemish carnivals offensive or satire?︱Raw Politics A Belgian MEP and a hate speech advisor debate over who's right. 06/03/2019
Raw Politics Watch in full: Raw Politics on Brexit and Poland's new political party Watch Monday night's full episode of Raw Politics. 04/02/2019
brussels bureau EU applauds social media platforms for removing more ‘hate speech’ The European Commission has praised the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for their progress on the swift removal of illegal hate speech 04/02/2019
France A law against cyber-hate is being developed in France Online hate is rampant, but a French bill in development for this year is trying to limit it. Here's how. 11/01/2019
View Germany’s NetzDG needs help to stem online hate speech | View Online hate must be combatted, and will is not enough – we must ensure the tools we are using are as optimal as they can be. Failure on either front will mean those who spread hate online win. 23/11/2018
France Anti-semitism attacks 'rise in France' Hate crimes against France's Jewish community, Europe's biggest, rose by 69% in 2018 after two years of falls. The statistics have moved the French prime minister to set up special measures to tackle the problem. 09/11/2018
Germany High Facebook usage linked to anti-refugee attacks in Germany: study A higher-than-usual social media usage at the local level can lead to a spike in violent crimes in the area, a new study has found. 22/08/2018
Italy Are hate crimes on the rise in Italy? In the past two months, there have been 33 alleged cases of racially targeted hate crimes in the country, compared to just 28 in 2016. 31/07/2018
United Kingdom London mayor shares racist hate mail in viral video Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan reads out expletive-laden hate speech in the video, which Has so far attracted 170,000 views on Facebook. 13/03/2018
