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the girl's classmates were bullying her online, sending her hateful e-mails and text messages
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His silence provided tacit backing as vigilante groups continued to target non-Hindu minority groups and as members of his party routinely used hateful and racist language, even in Parliament, against the largest of those groups, India’s 200 million Muslims.
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Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Then there’s Musk, the combative tech billionaire who, since taking over Twitter, has loosened the platform’s restrictions on hateful content and allowed misinformation to flood the platform in the name of free speech.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
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Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Then there’s Musk, the combative tech billionaire who, since taking over Twitter, has loosened the platform’s restrictions on hateful content and allowed misinformation to flood the platform in the name of free speech.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hateful. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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