As the UN marks International Day for Countering Hate Speech, Al Jazeera examines how AI handles it – and falls short.

What exactly is free speech and what is hate speech? This debate takes on new life today as political violence and polarizing events continue to pour gasoline on an out of control fire. We have ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after traumatic events is prevalent and can lead to negative consequences. While social media use has been associated with PTSD, little is known about the ...

Despite our society’s collective addiction to scrolling through social media, many of us can’t help but feel a twinge of dread when seeing notifications we’ve missed. For every clever meme, ...

“There comes a time when free speech can cause real-life harm and that’s when social media platforms need to react,” said former Danish PM and current chair of Meta’s Oversight Board, Helle ...

In April, Charlie Kirk and his conservative youth organization Turning Point spent about $5,000—chump change for their $80 million operation—on a familiar product for them: another round of Facebook ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of “hate speech” has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...

Responses to hate speech should be designed in line with the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech. In line with this strategy, UNHCR has developed an action plan which sets out the response ...

There is no doubt that social media sites have provided many benefits to humanity, such as sharing information continuously and communicating with others easily. It also seems that social media sites ...

New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.

Toughened federal hate speech laws that Labor held up as evidence it had acted on antisemitism have been used four times, as the government vows to rework the legislation less than year after it ...