Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft agree to EU hate speech rules

New "code of conduct" aims to combat illegal hate speech and terrorist propaganda

 By Amar Toor on May 31, 2016 05:56

Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube today agreed to European regulations that require them to review "the majority of" hateful online content within 24 hours of being notified — and to remove it, if necessary — as part of a new "code of conduct" aimed at combating hate speech and terrorist propaganda across the EU. The new rules, announced Tuesday by the European Commission, also oblige the tech companies to identify and promote "independent counter-narratives" to hate speech and propaganda published online.
  

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