Germany Requests Internet Giants To Crack Down On Hate Speech

Germany Says Internet Giants to Crack Down on Hate Speech

AFP | December 15, 2015

Germany announced a deal Tuesday with social network giants Facebook, Twitter and Google to clamp down on hate speech, with the Internet companies pledging to remove offending posts within 24 hours.
Pressure has grown on the US companies in Germany to take action after the number of xenophobic and racist comments online exploded, with the far-right taking aim at the record number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany this year.

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