After lawsuit threat, Twitter to pull racist posts

[Turborama]

Source: AP

PARIS (AP) - Twitter agreed to pull racist and anti-Semitic tweets under a pair of French hash tags after a Jewish group threatened to sue the social network for running afoul of national laws against hate speech, the organization said. The decision came a day after Twitter bowed to German law and blocked an account of a banned neo-Nazi group there.

The freewheeling social network is increasingly running up against European anti-discrimination laws, many of which date to the aftermath of the Holocaust by governments that acknowledged the contribution of years of hate speech to the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews. Friday's action, which was not carried out immediately, could mark a new stage for the company that has famously refused efforts to police its millions of users.

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"Twitter does not mediate content,"  the company said in a statement. "If we are alerted to content that may be in violation of our terms of service, we will investigate each report and respond according to the policies and procedures outlined in our support pages."

The company's policies require international users to comply with local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content. They also ban any content with direct threats of violence.

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[tblue37]

1. I wish people in this country could understand this:

". . . the contribution of years of hate speech to the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews." Radio disseminated hate speech also was a major factor in the Rwanda genocide that killed 800,000 people. Meanwhile, our government ensures that Rush's hate speech is heard several times a day on Armed Forces Radio!

[cali]

2. Twitter is a corporation. They're free to regulate speech.

The U.S. Government is not free to do so. Thankfully. Yes, it's a two edged sword but so is banning hate speech. Who decides what constitutes hate?

[Behind the Aegis]

3. I wonder if it was some of these "tweets?"

(Translation: A good Jew)


(Translation: A good Jew should be cooked just right)


(Translation: A good Jew with his friends and girlfriend)


From: Twitter may face legal action over anti-Semitic tweets (some very offensive pictures included)

[lunatica]

4. OMG!

I saw the first photo first and thought nothing of it until I read the translation. It literally made me want to throw up!

There is no way I will go to that link.

But thanks for posting. The truth is important.

[cali]

5. that's as vile and hateful as it gets.