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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft Join Forces With EU to Crack down Online Hate Speech

By Jenn Loro - Jun 02, 2016 09:53 AM EDT

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft have recently joined the European Union’s anti-racism efforts to crack down online hate speech in an ‘online code of conduct’ which the four internet giants helped to create. The code will allow the Silicon Valley titans to review requests by government to remove access to hate-filled contents and block comments or remarks that espouse racism, discrimination, and xenophobia.

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