The US presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis has fired an aide who shared online a clip featuring a symbol that was adopted by the Nazis. Nate Hochman, a speechwriter, posted the 68-second video from a pro-DeSantis account on social media…
Hitler speech played on Austrian train’s loudspeaker, as 2 are charged
Two Austrian men have been charged after speeches by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler were reportedly played on a train’s loudspeaker system. “Heil Hitler” and “sieg heil” were among the phrases allegedly heard over the system on a train travelling between…
LeBron James says he hopes Elon Musk takes uptick in hate speech on Twitter report ‘very seriously’
LeBron James is speaking out concerning a new report on the recent uptick of hate speech on Twitter. After Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company on Friday, a slew of anonymous user accounts emerged…
Prof Ernest Igwe says “malicious lies cannot distract our goal of establishing the best faculty of agriculture in Africa” – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It takes no time at all for Fake News and Hate Speech to go viral across the whole wide world. The nameless and faceless voice trended all over the social media accusing Prof. Ernest Chukwusoro Igwe, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture,…
FG raises hate speech fine from N500k to N5m
The federal government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million and mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime for public education on emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai…
Leadership in Africa must contain hate speech, inciting comments – Osinbajo
The resurgence of hate speech, racism, nationalism and all of the identity type problems that is going on around the world today is frightening and a compelling reason to reflect on what happened in Rwanda 25 years ago, according to…
Shehu Sani accuses El-Rufai of promoting hate speech against him (Guardian)
Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, has accused Governor Nasir El-Rufai of promoting hate speech against him through comments by his wife. He asked the governor to caution his wife over her comments on his hair. In a statement, he…
Hate speech: Obi cautions El-Rufai
Preaches love, focus on solution to Nigeria’s problems Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed surprise at the claim of Governor Nasir El-Rufai…