Big Brother? Facebook, Google, Twitter Agree to Delete Hate Speech in 24 Hours: Germany

By Published on December 15, 2015

Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis.

The government has been trying to get social platforms to crack down on the rise in anti-foreigner comments in German on the web as the country struggles to cope with an influx of more than 1 million refugees this year.

Read the article “Big Brother? Facebook, Google, Twitter Agree to Delete Hate Speech in 24 Hours: Germany” on reuters.com.

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