freedom of speech
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New German Law Forces Facebook To Remove Hate Speech Or Pay Over $74 Million
Germany’s parliament passed a law on Friday that forces social media sites to quickly take down illegal and slanderous content or face a fine of €50 million ($74.3 million). The new rule affects Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other sites with more than two million users.
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Twitter CEO Secretly Forced Censorship Of Abusive Tweets During Obama Q&A: Report
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to create an algorithm to filter out abusive and hateful language during a company-sponsored Q&A with President Obama in 2015 according to a Buzzfeed report.