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Tech Giants Back New EU Online Hate Speech Rules

2016-05-31 19:04:03| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft promise to wipe illegal hate speech from their sites in less than 24 hours.

Tech companies commit to EU code against online hate speech

2016-05-31 14:09:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The European Commission has teamed up with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft to announce a new code of conduct designed to combat illegal online hate speech. The aim is to "respond the challenge of ensuring that online platforms do not offer opportunities for illegal online hate speech to spread virally," said the EC in a statement. Although many EU member states already seek to enforce many of the new code's policies in their national laws, the rules are the first attempt to codify how the IT companies themselves deal with the spread of illegal hate speech online.

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Activist Naomi Klein links Fort McMurray wildfire to climate change at University of Calgary speech

2016-05-30 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Calgary Sun: Activist Naomi Klein ruffled some feathers in the heart of Alberta's oilpatch Sunday, linking the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire to climate change and calling for an end to fossil fuels. Speaking at Congress 2016, which is being held at the University of Calgary, Klein said last year's Paris climate change agreement didn't go far enough. "It is a breakthrough and, if it's all we do, it will be an ecological disaster,' she told the crowd of almost 500 people. "If we are serious about...

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Trump vows scuttle Paris climate agreement in 'America first' energy speech

2016-05-27 22:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Crouton: "Under my presidency, we'll accomplish a complete American energy independence". Shortly after that statement, though, Trump said: "The government should not pick winners and losers". Just prior to the North Dakota event, Trump surpassed the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination after 29 unbound Republican delegates told the Associated Press that they would support him at the party's July convention. "We are a vanishingly small threat to eagles", Kelley said. "But I'm always...

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