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what is hate speech?

• nindalf 6y ago
  In the context of this conversation, we could use Facebook's definition. > We define hate speech as a direct attack on people based on what we call protected characteristics – race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity and serious disease or disability. We protect against attacks on the basis of age when age is paired with another protected characteristic, and also provide certain protections for immigration status. We define "attack" as violent or dehumanising speech, statements of inferiority, or calls for exclusion or segregation. https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/hate_speech https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/hate_speech
  • baby-yoda 6y ago
    Didn’t realize they had a formal definition, thank you for linking that. Helps to formalize thoughts when we are working from the same definition.