hate speech
noun
: speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people
Hate speech is not allowed at school.
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Ahead of the season premiere, Prime Video shared a message prohibiting any bullying or hate speech directed at the cast or crew.
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Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025
But the real shock comes from seeing how Facebook, a site most people associate with college friends and benign memes, helped to amplify and exacerbate hate speech.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
The report led some advertisers to pause their activity on X.
A federal judge last year dismissed X’s lawsuit against another nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the increase in hate speech on the site since it was acquired by Musk.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Most popular chatbots have protections against things like slurs, harassment and hate speech, basic guardrails that may now be under new scrutiny by the Trump administration.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 July 2025
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Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025
But the real shock comes from seeing how Facebook, a site most people associate with college friends and benign memes, helped to amplify and exacerbate hate speech.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
The report led some advertisers to pause their activity on X.
A federal judge last year dismissed X’s lawsuit against another nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the increase in hate speech on the site since it was acquired by Musk.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Most popular chatbots have protections against things like slurs, harassment and hate speech, basic guardrails that may now be under new scrutiny by the Trump administration.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hate speech
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“Hate speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20speech. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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