Tanzanian MP Charged For Calling President A ‘dictator’
A top opposition lawmaker in Tanzania has been charged with "hate speech" after calling President John Magufuli a dictator, according ...
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Facebook Deletes 66,000 Hate Posts; Gets Tough On Offensive Content
Facebook has recently been flooded with disturbing videos and other hate filled content, but the firm has revealed it is ...
Facebook Launches Initiative To Fight Online Hate Speech
Facebook is launching a UK initiative to train and fund local organisations to combat extremism and hate speech. It comes ...
EU Orders Facebook and Google To Crack Down On Hate Speech
Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top ...
Facebook, Google Crack Down On Hate Speech
Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top ...
Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings, Court Rules
A court in Austria has ordered that Facebook must remove postings seen as hate speech, in a ruling that is ...
Social Media Giants ‘shamefully Far’ From Tackling Illegal Content
Social media firms are “shamefully far” from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report. Hate speech, terror recruitment ...
Social Media Firms Faces Huge Hate Speech Fines In Germany
German ministers have approved plans to fine social media firms up to 50m euros ($53.3m; £42.7m) if they fail to ...
Britain’s Police Treat Amber Rudd’s Foreign Workers Speech As ‘hate Incident’
Home Secretary Amber Rudd's party conference speech about foreign workers is being treated as a "hate incident" by police. Joshua ...
EU Criticises Tech Firms For Slow Action On Hate Speech
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are falling short of a commitment to tackle hate speech quickly, research suggests. The European Commission ...
Breitbart News Site Blocked By Ad Exchange
A leading ad exchange has blacklisted Breitbart News, which until recently was run by one of US President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
Has President Mahama Violated Articles 19 And 20(2) Of ICCPR?
A number of prominent Ghanaians and civil society groups, including the Chairman of Peace Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante and the ...
No Politician Is Worth Dying For – Dele Momodu
Publisher of Ovation International Magazine and Politician, Chief Dele Momodu has urged Ghanaians not to sacrifice themselves for any politician ...
Hate Speech Seeps Into U.S. Mainstream Amid Bitter Campaign
Hate speech seeps into U. S. mainstream amid bitter campaign The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on ...
Government Condemns NPP Vice Chair’s ‘death Wish’ For Mahama
Government has condemned as hate speech the 1st Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) F. F. Anto’s, suggestion ...
Your Words Can Bite You Badly – Ace Ankomah Warns
Private legal practitioner, Ace Anan Ankomah has warned that a number of prohibitive laws in the country’s statute books that ...
Activists Slam Nigerian Govt For Prosecuting Man Who Named Dog Buhari
Human rights lawyers and activists have continued to express their concerns over the controversial arrest and prosecution of a man ...
Hate Speech Not Protected by Constitution – Elizabeth Ohene
The former Education Minister, Elizabeth Ohene has condemned supporters calling for the pardoning of three pro- government communicators jailed for ...