Online hate speech
Australia gives Twitter 28 days to clean up 'toxicity and hate'
Australia's internet safety watchdog on Thursday threatened to fine Twitter for failing to tackle online abuse, saying Elon Musk's takeover had coincided with a spike in "toxicity and hate".
E-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant - a former Twitter employee - said the platform was now responsible for one-in-three complaints about online hate speech reported in Australia.
The EC has Demanded that Hate Speech become a Crime
Hate speech and hate crimes should be included in the EU's list of crimes.
This is said in an initiative from today presented by the European Commission.
The idea was announced by EC President Ursula von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union speech.
Council of Europe Fears Growing Ethnic Divide in Montenegro
People carrying the larges-evert Montenegrin flag of 5,000 square meters during Independence Day celebrations in Cetinje. Photo: EFE-EPA/BORIS PEJOVIC
Sarajevo Politician Champions Legislation to Outlaw Hate Speech
Damir Marjanovic, a member of the Sarajevo Canton parliament from the liberal, multi-ethnic Nasa Stranka (Our Party), told BIRN that he has filed the proposal for new legislation to the Cantonal Assembly because there is a real need for a clear and precise law that will enable people to be sanctioned for hate speech.