‘We deserve to feel safe’: Transgender rights advocate and Neighbours star Georgie Stone condemns a ‘cruel’ Adelaide hate preacher for distributing homophobic pamphlets By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:01 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 03:03 BST, 12 July 2020 Neighbours star Georgie Stone has condemned a series of homophobic pamphlets that … Read more
President Trump is regretting listening to son-in-law Jared Kushner’s advice on passing criminal justice reform, back-pedaling on his most bipartisan accomplishment, which he’s used to attract black voters and combat claims of racism. Axios reported Trump’s turnaround Wednesday, hours after Trump further sided with police in the cops-versus-Black Lives Matter debate, referring to a planned … Read more
Facebook’s European vice president today defended the platform’s attempts to stop the sharing of ‘hate speech’, amid a growing boycott from firms halting advertising. In a BBC interview, Steve Hatch said there was ‘no tolerance on our platform for hate speech’ but claimed debates around such issues were, ‘extremely challenging’. But Radio 4’s Today host … Read more
Facebook’s European vice president today admitted the platform struggles to stop the sharing of hate speech, amid a growing boycott from firms halting advertising. In a car crash BBC interview, Steve Hatch said there was ‘no tolerance on our platform for hate speech’ but claimed debates around such issues were, ‘extremely challenging’. But Radio 4’s … Read more
YouTube is the latest social media site to take a stand against hate speech. The video platform banned several well-known white supremacist channels, including those belonging to Richard Spencer, David Duke and Stefan Molyneux. The Google-owned site updated its policy last year to include a ban on videos ‘alleging that a group is superior in … Read more
Reddit BANS 2,000 communities including r/The_Donald after major change to content policies Reddit has banned 2,000 subreddits after changes to its hate speech policy Banned communities include r/The_Donald and a popular left-wing subreddit The bans represent a significant sea change at Reddit By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 21:07 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 21:08 … Read more
Meghan Markle has reportedly been in touch with a biracial woman who is said to have recently survived an alleged hate crime. An assault on Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old EMT from Wisconsin, is being investigated as a hate crime after she was allegedly burned by lighter fluid thrown at her and ignited by a white man. Michael Johnson, … Read more
A boycott of advertising on Facebook designed to get the social media platform to remove hate speech will next go global, say its organizers. The ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign will now work on getting European companies to join the boycott and urge regulators to take a hard stand on Facebook. More than 160 companies … Read more
Verizon has joined the growing list of US companies boycotting Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech, after one of its ads was reportedly posted next to a video ‘drawing on hateful and antisemitic rhetoric’ on the platform. The telecomms firm announced Thursday it will pull ads from Facebook until the social … Read more
Katie Hopkins has been permanently suspended from Twitter for breaking the platform’s rules on hate speech, the social media giant has confirmed. The former Apprentice star turned far-right commentator had more than one million followers on the platform. Hopkins has sparked outrage on numerous occasions in recent years with comments on race, religion and immigration … Read more