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Why Facebook Is Wrong to Ban Holocaust Denial

October 15, 2020 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

Holocaust denial is truly offensive and a clear lie. But Facebook got it wrong.
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Digital Rights Groups Call On Facebook for Transparency Over Political Ads

February 12, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Ahead of the 2019 EP elections, a group of key digital rights organisations have sent an open letter to Facebook calling on the company to live up to their promise to provide more transparency around political advertising.
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Man Convicted for Inciting Violence Against Saint Nicholas

September 11, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

A man from Utrecht, the Netherlands, has been convicted for inciting violence against Saint Nicolas on social media.
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Digital Rights NGO Calls for Independent Audit on Facebook Data Processing

June 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Facebook should undergo an independent audit of its data processing accompanied by a global human rights assessment, digital rights organization Access Now argues.
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Dutch Man Guilty of Sedition Over Racist Facebook Posts

January 23, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The social media posts incited discrimination and violence against Muslims and black people.
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Community Service for Threatening the Dutch Prime Minister

September 11, 2017 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

A woman from Leiden, the Netherlands, was convicted for threatening the Prime Minister.
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Social Media Companies Aren’t So Hip to Help Stop Hate Online

December 28, 2016 • by György Folk, LibertiesEU

Self-regulation on removing online hate speech from social media has not yet borne the fruits IT giants promised, according to new research.
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- hate speech
- xenophobia
- Facebook
- Twitter
- social media
#RomaAreEqual: The Brutal Attack on Bulgarian Boy Mitko

May 19, 2016 • by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Mitko, a Roma boy, was beaten for suggesting he was equal to his attacker. The attack was recorded and put online by the perpetrator, who now faces criminal charges.
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- Bulgaria
- BHC
- anti-rasism
- hate crime
- Facebook
- attack
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Twitter Users Brought to Trial in Spain for Glorifying Terrorism

January 20, 2016 • by Rights International Spain

Spanish authorities are beginning to prosecute the crime of "defense of terrorism" on social networks. Here are some of the more notable cases.
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Dutch Letter of Summons to Mark Zuckerberg

December 18, 2015 • by Nina Kesar, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The letter, from privacy groups and citizens, asks him to join the public debate over Facebook’s protection of personal data.
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