A congressional hearing on online hate sparked by the Christchurch shootings turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem. AP The hearing on the online rise of white supremacy was prompted by the Christchurch mosque shootings. "There is no place for terrorism or hate on Facebook,'' Potts testified. Potts reiterated that the company works to identify people with links to hate and violence and banishes them from Facebook. Controversy over white nationalism and hate speech has dogged online platforms such as Facebook and Google's YouTube for years.

Source: Stuff April 09, 2019 21:08 UTC