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Musk’s X threatens nonprofit over Twitter hate speech research

A lawyer for Elon Musk’s X Corp. threatened independent researchers who have studied disinformation and hate speech on Twitter.

Tech News

Facebook content moderators' lawsuit lifts the lid on 'torture' work

They look at horrors so others don't have to. Now Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the company over work conditions in a landmark case.

Tech News

AI should not distract from 'global harm' of disinformation - UN chief

The UN chief called for coordinated international action on disinformation and artificial intelligence.

World News

Euroviews. Algorithms favouring deceptive content are violating your basic rights

What we need to fix this is the buy-in of all the players. Digital companies, big and small, and governments must commit to regulating the right way, Tawfik Jelassi writes.

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USA

Antisemitism 'higher than ever' on Twitter, finds report

Hateful content against Jewish people not only spiked after Elon Musk’s takeover, it has remained elevated ever since, claims the study.

Kenya

Lawsuit accuses Meta of inciting violence in Ethiopia

Facebook’s parent company has been accused by two Ethiopians of amplifying sectarian conflict within their country.

Tech News

EU warns Musk: Twitter could face ban over content moderation

Twitter could face huge fines unless it complies with new EU rules requiring tech companies to better tackle disinformation.

Germany

Poacher given life in prison for shooting dead two police officers

The man killed the officers in January after they stopped him on suspicion of poaching.

United Kingdom

UK waters down online restrictions after free speech criticism

Critics were concerned that the new law could lead to censorship and undermine free speech.

Tech News

Gold, grey and blue ticks: Musk’s new plan for Twitter verification

The billionaire said there would be a gold tick, a grey one and a blue one for different types of Twitter users.

World News

Euroviews. Hate and disinformation spiked since Elon Musk took over Twitter

Many fear Twitter will not only become a festoon of hate speech, disinformation, and erratic behaviour but that it will erase the progress the platform already made to combat them, Heather Dannyelle Thompson writes.

France

Man jailed for online hate speech against Nice attack victims

The 21-year-old was found guilty of supporting the terror attack on Instagram.

Tech News

Temperature rises may be fuelling online hate speech, study finds

The study looked at tweets in the US - and the results tell the same story to a similar study in Europe from a year earlier.

Culture news

Turkish pop star Gülşen arrested over joke about religious schools

The singer-songwriter has apologised for causing offence but says her comments were seized on by people who want to polarise Turkey.

World News

Twitter failed to tackle LGBTQ monkeypox hate speech, says study

False claims about the LGBTQ community have skyrocketed online after the virus outbreak in May.

Tech News

Social media platforms are failing to prevent LGBTQ hate, says report

The media advocacy group GLAAD is calling on Big Tech companies to be more transparent about how they tackle online hate speech.

Europe News

Women's Euro: UEFA launches platform to spot abusive online comments

The new platform works through a combination of automated scanning and human review.

France

Six people convicted of harassing teenager over anti-Islam videos

The "Mila" case has generated debate in France over free speech and religious rights.

Finland

Former Finnish minister acquitted of inciting anti-LGBT hate speech

The Helsinki court said Päivi Räsänen's comments did not go beyond free speech laws.

The Cube

Online hate speech probe over 'celebrating police killings' in Germany

“We will not accept people downright celebrating the cold-blooded killing of our two police colleagues and mocking the victims."