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A Chicago judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to Five months in jail on Thursday, ordering the actor's imprisonment for falsely telling police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019.At the end of a hearing that lasted about…

It's been almost a year since the controversial Hate Crimes and Public Order Act received enough votes in parliament to become law. Yet in practice, become law, it has not. The government “always works with justice partners”…

ISLAMABAD: At least 62 people have been convicted in social media hate speech cases since 2015, according to a report submitted to the Supreme Court (SC) by the Punjab government on minority rights. The report said law enforcement…

He described the Satilla Shores neighborhood just outside of Brunswick as a typically quiet housing development. Some neighbors had posted information about car break-ins on the neighborhood Facebook page, but Allcott said he and his wife…

Muslim women critical of Mr Modi are being violently stalked onlineIn May last year, as Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, several women in Pakistan were shocked.Screenshots of photos they had posted of themselves dressed for…

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Regina Nagel has learned that caution should be her guiding principle on the internet. She keeps posts and comments to a minimum and pays attention to who her friends are on Facebook. But all these precautions were still not enough.…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Some clergy, a group that advocates for LGBTQ rights, and a group that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities are calling on Mississippi lawmakers to expand the state's hate crimes law to cover offenses…

Local and state leaders are speaking out to condemn anti-Semitic slurs that the Orange County Sheriff's Office says took place during a protest Saturday at Alafaya Trail and Waterford Lakes Parkway.Deputies said about 20 protesters gathered…

Governor Spencer Cox implored Utahns on Thursday not to abandon America's ideals, saying in his annual state of the state address that he feared "unsubstantiated allegations and outright lies" about elections do not shake the nation to its…

Lawmakers, meanwhile, are heading into the mid-terms with starkly contrasting political narratives of last year's violence: Democrats want online businesses to do more to eliminate election-related misinformation, while Republicans allege…

Right-wing extremists, citizens of the Reich, Q-Anon, militant anti-vaccination groups: these groups are radicalizing every day, manifesting themselves in arson, attacks on journalists or even murders such as that of a gas station in…

WESTFORD - The city is among communities in which 46 hate crimes have been reported through the Middlesex District Attorney's online form, as law enforcement agencies track and escalate incidents.An increase in hate crime reports…

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) The San Francisco Division of the FBI has announced that Ole Hougen has been sentenced to 6 years and 10 months in federal prison for committing a violent hate crime against a black man in Santa Cruz.…

World Athletics found that female athletes were the target of 87% of all online abuse during the Tokyo Olympics.The study, released Thursday, also found that 65% of abusive posts warrant intervention by social media platforms and show…

Several anti-Semitic and racist incidents have taken place in Austin over the past month.Hateful stickers were put in local parks, anti-Semitic banners were hung on a highway overpass, individuals…

AUSTIN, Texas - A resolution (Item # 64) condemning anti-Semitism, racism and hatred is presented to Austin City Council this week. The resolution also calls on the chief executive to work to improve the city's response to acts of hate.…

Brendan Rodgers could take over at Manchester United if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is sacked. - ESPN's Insider Notebook has the latest. MORE: How Old Trafford players rallied around Solskjaer amid questions about his future.Go to: Players sent…

HomeTechnologySocialFacebook drove test account to gore and fake news in just 21 days In three weeks, Facebook's test account to determine how its own algorithms affect what people see has turned into a maelstrom…

The tech industry "needs regulation" because it shouldn't be left alone to make the rules on issues such as harmful online content, a Facebook official said.Monika Bickert, vice president of content policy at Facebook, believes that…

A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is displayed on an Internet browser. (REUTERS / Mal Langsdon / File photo) Today, October 21, is the first annual World Encryption Day. Organized by the Global Encryption…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of…

People attend a special Education Council meeting on…

JACKSON, Mississippi (WDAM) - The Jackson field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is launching a “hate crime awareness” campaign as part of a national effort to encourage reporting to law enforcement.Earlier this month,…

MIDVALE, Utah - Whether it's showing up on Tik Tok at school or destroying a public bathroom in a park, bathroom vandalism, for some strange reason, seems to be on the rise .Not only does this leave cleaning crews with a complete mess to…

Nashville, Tennessee - Today, Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Center for Statistical Analysis released two new publications, one detailing the volume and nature of hate crimes in Tennessee, and the other…

Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have put in place several new measures in recent months, such as the ability to limit who can respond to messages, but star players of the male and female game still find themselves regularly…

Miami, Florida; UNITED STATES; General overview aerial view of American Airlines Arena and downtown Miami. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe judge said the law was passed on discriminatory groundsBroad police…

Doug Nadvornick of SPR speaks with Tonya Drake and Mark Milliron from Western Governors University in Washington. The pandemic has forced schools to move their education online for security…

Incidents of bias in the United States increased 6% in 2020 from the previous year.Two in three hate crimes are motivated by race, descent or ethnicity.Other motivations include religion, gender, gender identity, disability, and sexual…

Content of the article A group of organizations are coming together to help victims of hate in Sarnia-Lambton while making the community a more inclusive and welcoming place.The John Howard Society of Sarnia Lambton has partnered with the…

In the early hours of Friday, June 11, three men were assaulted and subjected to homophobic violence near a pub in Liverpool, England, by a group of teenagers, one of whom carried a knife, police said. "Due to the heinous verbal abuse to…

JOE MAHR Chicago Tribune Warren Winston thought he’d escaped all the unemployment fraud occurring across the country. For months, the unemployed contract pharmacist said, he received his benefit payments with no problem. But then…

Monthanus and Eric were busy planning his father's funeral while answering phone calls and messages from family, friends and strangers. A victims lawyer appointed by the district attorney's office helped the couple seek state…

LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting of the Punjab's Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen committee here on Sunday.Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that ulama and academics have always guided the nation at every…

Michael J. SternIf I had the unilateral authority to 'annul' people - anointing them as outcasts who are banished to popular culture trash - my list would include the usual suspects: Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, Kevin McCarthy and Sarah…

Gurgaon court ruling could curb blatant use of hate speech VIP hate speech increase by 500 pc in 2014-2017: NDTV report According to a report by the ADR voting rights group, 42 pc of the 78 cabinet ministers are the subject of…

Utah hate crime case attracts national attention, after local authorities charged a young woman with hate crime for allegedly degrading a "Back the Blue" sign in front of a sheriff's deputy. Utah is one of at least five states -…

The meeting room of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: AFP On behalf of more than 50 countries, China has expressed serious concerns about systemic racism, racial discrimination and hate crimes against minorities,…

Johnston is exploring legal options following complaints from residents last week about a controversial sign posted outside The Boat House bar.The sign is protected by the First Amendment, but council members are still hoping to find a way…

Dental students and others gather during a vigil at the University of North Carolina in the wake of the murder of three Muslim students February 11, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesThe U.S.…

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i (left) with IG Hillary Mutyambai. Interior CS Fred Matiang'i said the government has put measures in place to ensure Kenyans have peaceful elections. He added that a multi-agency team had been formed to,…

You will not publish your illegal activities online! Isn't that one of the commandments of social media? Otherwise it should be.Obviously, those who stormed the Capitol on January 6 must have missed this trick, and as a result of the…

THOUSAND OAKS (AP) - An investigative report into a 2018 mass shooting at 'Country College Night' at a bar in Thousand Oaks, which left 12 innocent people dead, found the probable motive for the military veteran who carried out the attack…

Anti-Asian hate crimes rose 107% in California in 2020, an explosion fueled by incidents in March and April during the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic which lasted until 2021, the prosecutor said on Wednesday. General of the…

People attend a rally against racism and violence against Asian Americans in Flushing, New York, United States on March 27, 2021 (Photo: Xinhua)Editor's Note:Since the start of the pandemic, discrimination against Asian Americans has…

Mayor Tim Mahoney and City Commissioners Arlette Preston and John Strand voted in favor of the hate crimes law, while Commissioners Tony Gehrig and Dave Piepkorn voted against the ordinance.…

BOSTON - One was a respected statesman, the other a beloved Air Force veteran.Family and friends mourned for David Green and Ramona Cooper on Monday, the two passers-by killed Saturday afternoon by a white gunman in a Boston suburb in an…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A mural at the intersection of 11th and West Main streets in Louisville depicting black people recently killed by law enforcement - including Breonna Taylor, David McAtee and George Floyd - has been vandalized.The…