hate speech
noun
: speech that is intended to insult, offend, or intimidate a person because of some trait (such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability)
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Meanwhile, major tech companies have scaled back content-moderation efforts, even as hate speech and election falsehoods rise.
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
And so for two years, Brown kept listening to Red Scare and kept emailing Gersh with warnings that their client was platforming dangerous hate speech.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, American politics has become increasingly polarized in recent years with the rise of social media sparking conversations about the line between free speech and allowing unbridled discourse, including hate speech.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
His acquisition of Twitter was controversial due to a subsequent increase in hate speech and the spread of misinformation on the service.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
And so for two years, Brown kept listening to Red Scare and kept emailing Gersh with warnings that their client was platforming dangerous hate speech.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, American politics has become increasingly polarized in recent years with the rise of social media sparking conversations about the line between free speech and allowing unbridled discourse, including hate speech.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
His acquisition of Twitter was controversial due to a subsequent increase in hate speech and the spread of misinformation on the service.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Hate speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20speech. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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