Abstract
Being the fastest growing and highly accessible medium, today
internet is becoming a powerful source to disseminate any sort of
content by individuals. World Wide Web (www) is crowded with a
variety of content in the form of information, posts, comments, and
messages etc. which are readily available to internet users. The cyber
world is the hot spot to spread any particular ideology, belief,
propaganda, violence or hatred against any individual or group in
society for any significant or insignificant reason that also includes
spreading or becoming victim of cyber hate.
This research aims to study online hate speech policies and the
preventive measures that can be taken to counter cyber hate.
Researcher has evaluated top five search engines and their hate
speech policy to report any type of abusive or hateful content to be
removed that may target any specific group, bullying or
dehumanizing individuals, spreading political violence and defaming
sacred or revered figures on internet.
Lubna Khalil. (2016) Identifying cyber hate: overview of online hate speech policies &finding possible measures to counter hate speech on internet , Journal of Media Studies, Volume 31, Issue 1.
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