United Kingdom

Antisemitism rampant online since Hamas’ attack, report finds

New research by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue found that in the days after Hamas' attack antisemitic comments on conflict-related YouTube videos increased by 4963%.

31/10/2023

Culture news

Why Poland attacks Venice-winning refugee drama as 'Nazi propaganda'?

Following public attacks from the Polish Justice Minister, who labelled Agnieszka Holland’s Venice-winner 'The Green Border' "Nazi propaganda," the Federation of European Screen Directors has joined several European filmmakers in supporting the refugee drama.

20/09/2023

Culture news

Festivalfilosofia 2023: Lessons learned on contemporary Italy

This year's Festivalfilosofia held more than 200 events and 50 guests. The 2023 edition focused on the philosophical implications of the word. We take a look back at the event to understand how it linked existential discussions to gender equality and hate speech in today’s Italy.

19/09/2023

Tech News

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.

01/08/2023

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.

29/06/2023

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.

13/06/2023

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.

18/04/2023

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.

20/03/2023

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.

14/12/2022

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.

01/12/2022

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.

30/11/2022

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.

29/11/2022

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.

25/11/2022

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.

24/11/2022

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.

25/10/2022

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.

08/09/2022

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.

26/08/2022

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.

25/08/2022

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.

15/07/2022

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.

08/07/2022