While headlines heralded a wave of tech platforms cracking down on hate speech, the recent actions were less drastic than they may seem. “We know that hate speech leads to violence, but [platforms] don’t take action until it gets to that point,” Squire said. “We have strict policies prohibiting hate speech on YouTube, and terminate any channel that repeatedly or egregiously violates those policies,” a YouTube spokesperson told HuffPost in a statement. YouTube said it has removed more than 25,000 channels for violating hate speech since implementing a new policy in June 2019. Removing and assessing extremism and hate speech can ultimately end up looking like a game of whack-a-mole.

Source: Huffington Post July 01, 2020 19:41 UTC