CENSORED: Film of the U.S. army destroying the Nuremberg swastika was taken down by YouTube, on the grounds that it violates the company’s policy on hate speech.

SPEECH: “It’s easy to justify cutting off service when it comes to Nazis. It’s harder to know where tech companies should draw the line in other, more ambiguous cases, as many tech leaders are fully aware,” wrote @mekosoff this week for Vanity Fair.

LONG READ: In a piece for Wired, @redhotsburlyq and @lilmisshotmess demonstrate how Facebook’s hate speech policies affect marginalized users and what the company can do about it.

USER NOT FOUND: The recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville is “re-shaping the fight against online hate,” argued @russellbrandom.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jillian C. York

Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work lies at the intersection of technology and policy. Based in Berlin, she serves of the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she works on issues of free expression, privacy, and digital security.