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Facebook promises to fight hate speech against refugees

Facebook has launched a new initiative to crack down on hate speech and online extremism amid the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, the company announced Monday.

The Online Civil Courage Initiative aims to empower users to effectively fight extremist views

“In the past year, we’ve seen millions of people come together online to support refugees and stand in solidarity with the victims of terror attacks,” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a Facebook post Monday. “But we’ve also heard voices of hate growing louder. With extremism damaging lives and societies across the world, challenging those voices has never been more important.” Read more…