hate speech
noun
: speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people
Hate speech is not allowed at school.
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In 2017, YouTube faced another crisis in its advertising business after revelations that the platform ran ads in videos with hate speech.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Similarly, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, ended its third-party fact-checking program and redefined its hate speech policies so that certain rhetoric once disallowed is now permitted.
—Tamar Mitts, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, have banned him for hate speech violations.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
This graffiti is unequivocally hate speech, and as such is a crime.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Similarly, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, ended its third-party fact-checking program and redefined its hate speech policies so that certain rhetoric once disallowed is now permitted.
—Tamar Mitts, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, have banned him for hate speech violations.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
This graffiti is unequivocally hate speech, and as such is a crime.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hate speech
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“Hate speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20speech. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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