Sentences with phrase «new hate speech law»
Germany at the start of the year began enforcing a new hate speech law that gives social networks just 24 hours to act on hate speech, fake news, and illegal material.
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Meanwhile Germany's new government says it may revise a law meant to punish internet companies that don't promptly remove hate speech.
The ban in Sri Lanka came the same week that Germany's new coalition government says it may revise a recently - enacted law to punish internet firms that don't remove hate speech quickly enough.
A new law has come into force in Germany aimed at regulating social media platforms to ensure they remove hate speech within set periods of receiving complaints — within 24 hours in straightforward cases or within seven days where evaluation of content is more difficult.
The issue of abuse and hate speech on online platforms generally has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years, especially in Europe — where Germany now has a tough new law to regulate takedowns.
Alvin Tan, Facebook's head of public policy for Southeast Asia said that the city - state already had a variety of laws and regulations which address hate speech, defamation and the spreading of false news, and a new one will not be the best way to address the issue of misinformation.