Hate Speech

Union official must apologize to South African Jews for hate speech, court rules

The court said the official and his union must comply with a Human Rights Commission order from 2009.

Sweden apologizes for blocking Israeli ambassador, other critics on Twitter over hate speech

The Swedish Institute briefly blocked 14,000 users, including journalists, a gay novelist and a nationalist lawmaker, from its Twitter feed, but kept on Iran, Saudi Arabia and others purveyors of hate speech.

90 Holocaust remembrance institutions, 70 scholars decry rise in hate speech

A statement released on Tuesday called on lawmakers to condemn white nationalist groups and asked citizens to be vigilant.

Global

Former Canada Green Party candidate accused of hate speech for denying Holocaust

Global

Polish party leader receives anti-Semitic death threat

Global

Jewish groups welcome Facebook, Twitter pledge to crack down on hate speech

United States

Reform movement blasts Trump for ‘hate speech,’ but backs his AIPAC invitation

Global

Facebook bans pejorative for anti-Russia Ukrainian Jews

Culture

Could artificial intelligence hold the key to fighting hate?

Global

Amid neo-Nazi surge, Jewish groups applaud Greece’s Holocaust denial ban

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