Reddit and Other Social Media Platforms Remove Hate Speech As Advertisers Pull Ads

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🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Several social media platforms have removed hate speech and calls to violence from their platforms in recent weeks. Reddit made headlines this week for eliminating a channel dedicated to President Donald Trump among about 2,000 others that the site said violated its rules against hate speech. Meanwhile, Facebook has come under sharp criticism for not removing hateful posts from Trump and has lost several major advertisers. Starbucks Corp. said Sunday it would halt all social media ad spending to stop the spread of hate speech. We discuss the role of hate speech on social media and the responsibility of platforms to police it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.0	From KQED. From KQED, Public Radio in San Francisco.
1:23.0	I'm Michael Krasny.
1:24.0	Social media community Reddit has removed
1:26.9	close to 2,000 subgroups in an effort to curtail speech it deems as hateful.
1:31.8	The subgroups included one dedicated to President Donald Trump. And meanwhile, several advertisers have pulled ads from Facebook as the hashtag stop hate for profit gains traction.
1:42.3	We discuss corporate and policy efforts to rein in hate speech online.
1:46.4	Then at 1030, the state's unemployment agency, the EDD, is under fire for long delays in approving claims.
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1:56.5	That's next after this news.
2:11.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny.
2:13.0	Several social media platforms have removed hate speech and calls to violence from their platforms in
2:18.3	recent weeks. Reddit made headlines for eliminating a subgroup dedicated to President Donald Trump,
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