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about 2 years ago
thestar.com

Spread hatred. Face courts. Repeat. Why Canada’s ‘weak’ laws are failing to address the rise of hate

As Canada’s hate problem reaches new heights, its justice system has failed to dissuade prolific hate spreaders who r...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Conspiracy theories. Donald Trump followers. Pandemic sees rise in right-wing extremism online in...

A study by the U.K.-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue warns of a potential rise in right-wing extremist activity...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Misinformation and hate speech 'spreads by exploiting loopholes in social media's moderation'

Social media platforms will need to cooperate to crack down on the spread of hate speech and harmful content, a new s...

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about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Canadians strongly support more enforcement of online hate speech on social media platforms, new ...

As Ottawa mulls new powers to go after online hate speech, Canadians are more split on what impact cracking down on o...

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about 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Facebook doubled the amount of bullying and harassment content it enforced against at the end of ...

Facebook said it has significantly increased the amount of content it has 'taken action' against, party due to improv...

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about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Canadians ‘far more troubled’ by rapid spread of online hate than freedom of speech restrictions,...

A poll conducted by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation reveals that Canada is far from immune to online expressio...

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