FB, Google spurn hate speech
 

BRUSSELS: Facebook, Google and other US internet giants have sharply boosted efforts to clamp down on online hate speech, a top European Union official said on Thursday.

The EU joined forces with the companies a year ago to combat online extremism, responding to growing alarm in Europe over the use of social media as a recruiting tool, especially by the Islamic State group.

"The companies are **w removing twice as many cases of illegal hate speech and at a faster rate when compared to six months ago," Vera Jourova, the EU commissioner for justice, said in the first annual progress report.

It "shows that a self-regulatory approach can work", said Jourova, who called for further progress -- particularly from Twitter.

Facebook was the only one of the four giants -- the other two are Microsoft and YouTube -- to review and act on most hate speech **tifications within 24 hours, she added.

"Facebook shows that they invested a lot of capacities and a lot of efforts to do the take downs in the necessary numbers in the agreed times," Jourova told reporters.

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