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Twitter Says It's Cracking Down on Hate Speech (usatoday.com)

With public backlash growing, Twitter says it's taking steps to crack down on hate speech, from making it easier to report alleged incidents on the social media service to educating moderators on what kind of conduct violates the rules. From a report on USA Today: Twitter users will also gain more control over their experience on Twitter with the ability to mute words and phrases, even entire conversations, if they don't want to receive notifications about them, said Del Harvey, Twitter's head of safety. The effort comes as an uptick in biased graffiti, assaults and other incidents have been reported in the news and on social media since Election Day, prompting president-elect Donald Trump to call for people to "stop it" during a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night. The FBI reports that hate crimes rose 7% in 2015, led by attacks on Muslim Americans.

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  1. Re:Under Trump, hate speech is encouraged! by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 3, Funny

    To the British, the American colonists were “assholes”

    Wrong tense. :P

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  2. Re:Dun dun dun by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 1, Funny

    You know what happens when you're offended?

    Leprosy. You get Leprosy!

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  3. Re:Just delete Trump's account by meta-monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, not all Mexicans, then? Just some of the illegal Mexicans crossing the border? Which makes sense because 80% of central American women and girls are raped during their illegal border crossing. So, somebody's doing the raping. I'm so glad we elected Trump! Once he builds that border wall and we cut down on people crossing illegally, so many women and girls won't be raped! It's wonderful! Can you believe those despicable, evil people who voted for Hillary, the pro-rape candidate? Why do they love rape so much? Clearly that's the only reason they voted for her: to keep rape alive.

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