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Facebook said Monday it is updating its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. Monika Bickert, VP of Content Policy called the move another step in the social media giant’s effort to fight hate on its service and said the the decision is supported by the “well-documented rise…

Since tightening its controls on content in an effort to limit hate speech in June, YouTube says it removed 17,000 channels and 100,000 videos in the second quarter, both fivefold increases over previous periods. In a blog post Tuesday, the company said it has also reduced views on videos that are later removed for…

UPDATED with comments from Mark Zuckerberg Facebook updated on its progress in combatting hate speech, depictions of graphic violence, terrorist propaganda and other violations of its community standards. The social network said it is making strides in proactively identifying hate speech, saying it’s able to remove…

Another tech company has given conspiracy theorist Alex Jones a time out for violating content rules. Streaming music service Spotify confirmed it has removed certain episodes of The Alex Jones Show for flouting its rules prohibiting hate content, defined as content “whose principal purpose is to incite hatred or…

Protests and boycotts followed Twitter’s blundering overreaction to Rose McGowan last week, when the social-media platform temporarily suspended the actress’s account after she posted a phone number during her ongoing campaign against sexual harassment and abuse in Hollywood. Now, CEO Jack Dorsey is going public with…

Responding to increasing reports of anti-Semitic and racist campaigns in social media aimed at journalists covering the presidential election, the Anti-Defamation League today announced the creation of the Task Force on Hate Speech and Journalism that will “seek insights from a group of outside experts and…