The law, announced in September last year, defines key terms related to blasphemy, discrimination, hate speech, and extremism
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Threads by Meta: A promising Twitter rival or a breeding ground for hate and misinformation?
Twitter’s troubles spill over to Meta’s Threads as hate and disinformation concerns take centre stage
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UAE courts fine woman $136,000 and jail her for 5 years over social media video
A court in the UAE will deport woman over online hate video on social media
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Australia gives Twitter 28 days to clean up toxic contents
E-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant — a former Twitter employee — said the platform was now responsible for one-in-three complaints about online hate speech reported in Australia
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Abu Dhabi jails woman over hate speech viral video
Abu Dhabi woman jailed over hate speech video that was “an affront to men and domestic workers”
Boris Johnson
Punish a Muslim David Parnham jailed for 12 years
IT programmer David Parnham, 36, who called himself “Muslim Slayer”, sparked widespread fear and encouraged violence in the community
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Meet Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian-American taking on Donald Trump
In 2018, Tlaib became the first Palestinian-American in Congress and one of the first two Muslim women elected, alongside Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar
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Trump says congresswomen should ‘apologise to America’
The group – all American citizens, three of whom were born in the United States – are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African-American descent
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US House votes to condemn Trump’s ‘racist comments’
The four congresswomen – all but one of whom were born in the US – are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African-American descent
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Trump under fire for attacks on Democratic congresswomen
Rashida Tlaib, an American of Palestinian descent, and Ilhan Omar are the first two Muslim women elected to Congress
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Twitter moves to curb hate speech based on religion
Tweets that break the rule sent before the update will need to be deleted, but will not result in account suspensions
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Anti-terror quartet adds Qatar-backed militant suspects to blacklist
The four countries in the anti-terrorist alliance allege that Qatari officials have funded and facilitated acts of terrorism