How to Use hate speech in a Sentence

hate speech

noun
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  • Many users have worried that could mean a rise in hate speech.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 24 July 2023
  • Would that put a stop to hate speech at public meetings?
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • If someone in power can claim, ‘Well, that’s hate speech.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
  • Twitter has also seen a spike in hate speech since Musk bought the platform last year.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 July 2023
  • Since the pandemic, anti-Asian hate speech also has been on the rise.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
  • My Ads, a watchdog group for ways in which the ad industry supports hate speech.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Many students say hate speech and racial slurs regularly go unchecked at the school.
    — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Yes, classifying calls for the genocide of Jews as hate speech should have been a straight-forward task.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • What is acceptable to say and what crosses into hate speech?
    — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Hanukkah reminds us Jews will not sit silently on the sidelines while hate crimes and hate speech against us skyrocket.
    — TIME, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Read how the platform is expanding its hate speech policies.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 July 2024
  • And Twitter is under scrutiny for a rise in hate speech and its treatment of workers.
    — Kate Conger, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • His ownership, as well as rapid changes at the company, has concerned some users who fear the rise of hate speech on the site as safety guardrails are rolled back.
    — Rachel Pannett and Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The changes come as Meta fights a flood of hate speech and misinformation surrounding the conflict.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Growing attacks in schools, linked to online hate speech, have added urgency to the issue.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But the boom in hate speech and harassment since Musk took over has permanently altered the tone of Twitter, many users say.
    — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • As leaders attempt to quash hate speech and promote unity, some students and teachers say they have been censored in the process.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
  • This campus can and will discipline hate speech not protected by the First Amendment.
    — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
  • To the north, a federal judge recently struck down a New York law that regulates online hate speech.
    — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In that case, the question is whether the phrase qualifies as hate speech because some people use it as a call for the elimination of Israel.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 9 July 2024
  • And the Olathe school board voted to make racial harassment and hate speech a more serious offense under the student code of conduct.
    — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • One of the key message of the Francophonie Summit was the need to enlist the help of platforms to prevent the spread of hate speech and misinformation on their services.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Each game has a code of conduct or rules that prohibit offensive language or hate speech.
    — Khadijah Khogeer, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • This plan should include strategies for handling hate speech, trolling, and other forms of harassment.
    — Red Rodriguez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • And one of my deep concerns is the alarming increase of Islamophobia and antisemitism and other forms of hate speech since the war here at home.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The First Amendment protects the hate speech and extremist writings that often precede a mass shooting.
    — Marcela Rodrigues, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • Meta added that both Biden and Trump would still be subject to the company’s rules against spreading hate speech or inciting violence.
    — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • Additionally, Gomez spoke about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and the subsequent increase in hate speech on the platform.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Debunking the lies, hate speech, and incitement to genocide is morally right and crucial to establishing truth.
    — Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Questionnaires may have been edited for spelling, grammar, length and, in some instances, to remove hate speech and offensive language.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024

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