News | Friday 19 January 2018
date: 18/03/2019
To prevent and counter the spread of illegal hate speech online, in May 2016, the Commission agreed with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube a “Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online” to help users notifying illegal hate speech in this social platforms, improve the support to civil society as well as the coordination with national authorities. The four platforms agreed to assess the majority of users’ notifications of in 24h also respecting EU and national legislation on hate speech and committed to remove, if necessary, those messages assessed illegal. The four Companies also agreed to further work on improving the feedback to users and being more transparent towards the general society. Between 2018 and early 2019 Instagram, Google+, Snapchat, Dailymotion and jeuxvideo.com announced the intention to join the Code of conduct. Please find below the text of the Code of Conduct in 23 official languages of the European Union: |
For information consult our Q&A on the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online.
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To view the full result, please consult the Factsheet on the 2nd evaluation. |
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Recent projects on online hate speech:
Open calls:
Call for projects on monitor, prevent and counter hate speech online was launched within the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) programme action grants. Deadline to apply: 24 April, 2019.
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