Hate speech

25 April 2022, France, Clermont-Ferrand: A view of entrepreneur Elon Musk Twitter's account displayed on a smartphone screen. Twitter announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Tesla founder Elon Musk in a transaction valued at around $44 billion. Photo: Adrien Fillon/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Economy & Business

SOCIAL MEDIA

German digital experts fear more hate speech after Musk buys Twitter

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/27/22

Despite its bests efforts, Twitter also has a major problem with hate and disinformation

FILED - 06 April 2022, France, Strasbourg: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, speaks at a plenary session of the European Parliament. Ursula appealed to EU member states to speed up the supply of arms to Ukraine. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa.

Lifestyle

INTERNET

EU hails 'historic' new law to regulate harmful social media content

The Nomad Today 4/23/22

"What is illegal offline will effectively be illegal online in the EU," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

04 October 2021, Bavaria, Kempten: A view of the icons of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp displayed on a screen of a smartphone. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Facebook relaxes rules to allow hate speech against Russians

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/11/22

Instagram was also blocked in Russia on Friday, just like fellow social media platforms Facebook and Twitter

Lifestyle

SOCIAL MEDIA

TikTok updates community guidelines due to dangers, eating disorders

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/8/22

As part of the update, TikTok said its rules will now more clearly note the risk of certain dangerous acts and challenges, such as suicide hoax content

Finland

POLICE REPORT

Ethnic agitation tripled in Finnish crime statistics

The Nomad Today 10/7/20

Somalis experienced the highest frequency of crimes motivated by ethnic or national origin in 2019, according to the hate crime report published by the Police University College.

Lifestyle

Facebook reports spike in takedowns of hate speech

The Nomad Today 5/13/20

The company also said it put warning labels on about 50 million pieces of content related to COVID-19, after taking the unusually aggressive step of banning harmful misinformation about the new…

Finland

Violent extremist threat in Finland

The Nomad Today 4/20/20

The violent extremist groups are spreading hate speech with the aim of recruiting more supporters to adopt their ideas.

Finland

New action plan on violent radicalization and extremism

The Nomad Today 12/19/19

The Finnish Government issued a resolution on this new action plan on the same day it announced the return of the first two children from al-Hol camp. The Ministry of the Interior…

Finland

Police recorded 910 reports of suspected hate crimes

The Nomad Today 11/4/19

Reports of suspected crimes related to sexual orientation increased by 27%. One third of hate crimes related to religion or belief targeted Islam or Muslims.

Finland

Council of Europe warns of racism and hate speech escalation in Finland

The Nomad Today 9/10/19

A report by the Council of Europe Commission against Racism and Intolerance says Finland should tackle growing hate speech and remove the sterilisation requirement for transsexuals.

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Finland

Hate speech, a serious problem that is constantly increasing

The Nomad Today 5/19/19

The working group appointed by the Finnish Government to tackle hate speech proposes to define specific measures to intervene when a person is targeted because of his or her occupation or membership…