Thousands of Rohingya refugees in the United Kingdom and the United States have filed a $150 billion lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for enabling hate speech against them that led to violence against the persecuted minority.

Rohingya Muslims sue Facebook for $150 billion for allowing hate speech

Just before the Delhi Riots in 2019, inflammatory content on Facebook spiked by 300%. Facebook fanned violence in Myanmar & Ethiopia. Its algorithm prioritised the angry emoji over the like. Palki Sharma tells you how Facebook puts profits above the security of its users.

Gravitas: How Facebook profits from hate

According to documents from a former Facebook employee obtained by The Associated Press, Facebook has struggled to curb hateful content in India. These documents were a part of files handed over to Congress and provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Frances Haugen, who happens to be a former Facebook employee and whistleblower.

Facebook struggles to combat misinformation and hate speech in India: Report

Facebook has been making the headlines for one controversy or other. The social media platform is once again in news and the pressure seems to be mounting. A new whistleblower has come ahead and shared experiences and grievances about Facebook in an exclusive interview with US media house, the Washington Post.

Facebook knowingly allowed hate speech on platforms, new whistleblower claims

The whistleblower who shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging that the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health revealed her identity on Sunday in a televised interview.

Hate speech for profit: Facebook whistleblower reveals identity

New Zealand said on Friday that it plans to strengthen its hate speech laws, and increase penalties for inciting hatred and discrimination, in response to the attack by a white supremacist in Christchurch two years ago that killed 51 Muslims.

New Zealand plans stronger hate speech laws in response to Christchurch attack

Facebook Inc's Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app.

Instagram rolls out feature to tackle hate speech, abuse

Charged with breaking hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial on Wednesday. She has slammed the case as a violation of free speech.

French far-right leader Le Pen on trial for breaking hate speech laws

Twitter Inc has expanded its policy barring hateful speech to include "language that dehumanises people on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin." The company had planned to add new categories to the policy over time after testing to ensure it can consistently enforce updated rules.

Twitter expands hate speech rules covering race, ethnicity and nationality

An Indian parliamentary committee will question Facebook executives on how the social media giant regulates political content in the country, a panel member told Reuters on Friday, following controversy about its practices.

India parliamentary panel to question Facebook on content controversy: Source

After the recent Facebook-BJP controversy, top Facebook officials have been receiving death threats for allegedly favouring the leading political party of India.

Facebook Director receives death threats for 'favouring' BJP

Facebook is now being accused of promoting hateful content taking money through misleading political advertisements and overall having a very week policy regarding combating hate. Watch report.

Facebook's CEO Zuckerberg accused of promoting hate

Hate speech is not free speech and the right to defend one’s idea should not end up vilifying the other community. The statements which came from Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur and Delhi MP Jag Parvesh Chandra were a classic example of hate speech for the electoral end.

Hate speech is not free speech

A Pakistani court on Wednesday approved the bail plea of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law, Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar in a hate speech case.

Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of Nawaz Sharif granted bail in hate speech case

Malaysian authorities will summon Zakir Naik for questioning after he allegedly made racially sensitive remarks in the multi-ethnic nation, the government said on Thursday.

Malaysia to question Zakir Naik over inflammatory speeches

French MPs on Tuesday passed a landmark law to fight online hate speech which will oblige social media networks to remove offending content in 24 hours and create a new button to enable users to flag abuse.

French lower parliament passes online hate speech law

Instagram on Monday announced new features aimed at curbing online bullying on its platform, including a warning to people as they are preparing to post abusive remarks.

Artificial Intelligence to help curb cyber bullying on Instagram with pop-up warning

France Leads The Way In Curbing Hate Speech Online. The Country Has Entered In A Unique Agreement With Facebook Social media giants like Facebook have long grappled with the issue of hate speech in their platforms. Now Facebook has decided to identify hate speech and share the data with France. Will this address the problem? Here's a report

Gravitas: FB to identify hate speech & share data with France

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday launched an action plan to curb rising hate speech in the world arena and warned that the world is in danger of forgetting the impact of hate speech.

Eyeing global 'groundswell' of hate speech, UN launches action plan to combat

Facebook Inc quickly rejected a call from co-founder Chris Hughes on Thursday to split the world's largest social media company in three, while lawmakers urged the US Justice Department to launch an antitrust investigation.

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup, senator urges US antitrust probe

Threats, arrests, blocked accounts and restricted posts -- Big Brother is watching more closely than ever in Pakistan as authorities accelerate efforts to censor social networks, further reducing an already shrunken space for dissent.

Social networks under intense surveillance in Pakistan

Pakistani authorities Wednesday vowed to carry out a "massive" crackdown targeting hate speech and extremism on social media, as a minister boasted arrests have already been made.

Pakistan announces 'massive' social media crackdown

France's smart regulation of Facebook to combat hate speech

Facebook will allow French regulators to "embed" inside the company to examine how it combats online hate speech, the first time the wary tech giant has opened its doors in such a way, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.

Watch: France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech

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