hate speech

Elon Musk has refuted claims by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that allowing former President Donald Trump back on Twitter (now X) was an example of hate speech. During an All-in Podcast, Mr. Musk rebutted the claims made by the left-leaning ADL—an international Jewish NGO, which describes itself as “the leading anti-hate organization in the world.” “The […]

A women’s rights event in Austin, Texas—called Let Women Speak—is labelled a “hateful, dangerous, or violent” event, and taken down from a ticketing website. NTD’s Daniel Monaghan spoke with Independent Women’s Network Round Rock, Texas chapter leader Michelle Evans and constitutional law attorney Erin Mersino on ticket retailer Eventbrite’s controversial move.

No deal in Hollywood as a July 12 deadline passes. A joint actors and writers strike would be the first in over 60 years. Elon Musk is launching a new company. He wants to create an artificial intelligence firm that would seek to understand the true nature of the universe. We have details on the […]

Documents the FBI recently released show that a lawyer for the agency expressed her reservations about a draft version of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Oct. 4, 2021 memo that initiated a controversial federal effort to investigate alleged harassment at school board meetings around the country. The documents, which the America First Legal Foundation (AFL) […]

Columbia University in New York City recently rescinded an offer to a Chinese student due to his social media posts. The student, who is not identified, had posted on Chinese social media WeChat saying he would “buy a gun and kill Americans” after arriving in the United States.

A whistleblower told MPs Facebook is making hate worse. Though it didn’t invent hate, she said, the company fails to take down a majority of hate speech, which might lead some people to become radicalized. She said according to Facebook’s own research, Instagram is more dangerous for children than other forms of social media. And she worries it […]

A Facebook whistleblower, who is due to testify before Congress on Tuesday, has accused the Big Tech company of repeatedly putting profit before doing “what was good for the public,” including clamping down on hate speech.

There is no polite way to say this: Maxine Waters is getting people killed. For example, she ordered her supporters to harass Cabinet members in the Trump administration. She also repeatedly criticizes police officers, claiming they are trained to “keep black people in their place.” It’s this type of irresponsible attack that leads to what […]

Amazon has adopted a rule against books that contain anything the company labels as “hate speech.” It appears there was no announcement of the new rule. It was only noticed by media after the online retailer recently banned a book that criticizes transgender ideology.

Britain’s hate speech laws are already controversial, with critics saying they are stifling free speech and pulling resources from investigating real crimes. So when one police force went a step further and asked people to start reporting “non-crime hate incidents”—it didn’t go well. South Yorkshire Police were plugging a new campaign “Hate Hurts” on Sept. […]

BERLIN—A German-Israeli artist who accuses Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands – by stencilling the offending messages on the road in front of the company’s Hamburg headquarters. A post on video-sharing site YouTube showed Shahak Shapira and fellow activists stencilling tweets saying “Germany needs a final […]

BERLIN (AP)—German lawmakers are poised to pass a bill designed to enforce the country’s existing limits on free speech — including the long-standing ban on Holocaust denial—in social networks. Critics including tech giants and human rights campaigners say the legislation could have drastic consequences for free speech online. The proposed measure would fine social networking […]

The German Cabinet agreed on Wednesday, April 5, to fine social network sites like Facebook for allowing hate speech. The new rule would give social networking sites like Facebook 24 hours to remove obviously offensive posts after a complaint and a week to deal with borderline cases. The sites would be required to respond to […]