Facebook and Grey New York Work to Combat White Supremacist Hate Speech in the U.K.

Created with anti-extremist group Small Steps

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What is hate speech, exactly?

However one may feel about the tension between free speech and language as a weapon, there is little doubt that various forms of extremist behavior and the intentionally offensive content that comes with them have grown more visible online in recent years. Some point to social media as the primary culprit.

In order to combat that perception and help some individuals find their way back from the extremes, Facebook has partnered with ad agency Grey New York and Small

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