Ethiopia: Want to Stop Hate Speech? (Getty Images)HRWTackling Hate Speech in Ethiopia: Criminalizing Speech Won’t Solve ProblemHate and dangerous speech is a serious and growing problem in Ethiopia, both online and offline. But around the world, laws criminalizing hate speech have been often and easily abused – and there are other options. What Ethiopia needs is a comprehensive new strategy – one that even a carefully drawn hate speech law should only be one small part of. —Related:Facebook moderators battle hate speech and violenceJoin the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.

Source: Ethiopian News May 14, 2019 13:41 UTC