LinkedIn signs up to EU code against online hate speech By Reuters
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - LinkedIn on Friday signed up to the European Union's voluntary code of conduct to combat illegal hate speech online, joining its parent Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s YouTube. The move comes as social media and online platforms face a raft of legislative proposals on both sides of the Atlantic that would require them to do more to counter online hate speech and disinformation, blamed for helping to fuel a wave of racist attacks in some countries. Set up by the European Commission five years ago, the EU...
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