hate speech

noun

: speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people
Hate speech is not allowed at school.

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Grok is trained in part on users’ posts on X, which often include hate speech and white nationalist content. Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 July 2025 Musk made sweeping changes after taking over the site, firing huge numbers of personnel and reversing account bans for users who had been booted from the platform after posting hate speech or inciting violence. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025 And worse, that hate speech is multiplied by the silence. Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025 Will Stancil, a policy researcher and Democrat who last year mounted an unsuccessful run for state office in Minnesota and is known for engaging in impassioned political arguments on X, was one of many people documenting Grok’s descent into racist hate speech. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 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 25 Jul. 2025.

Legal Definition

hate speech

noun
: speech that is intended to insult, offend, or intimidate a person because of some trait (as race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability)
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