hate speech
noun
: speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people
Hate speech is not allowed at school.
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The publication of Hitler’s Mein Kampf is banned, as are various forms of hate speech, which the German authorities tend to police with greater vigilance than their European peers—and certainly their American ones.
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Simon Shuster/berlin, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Neil Johnson, a George Washington University physics professor who studies how misinformation and hate speech spread online, said the Community Notes model is problematic, but not because it can be gamed by large institutions.
—Jonathan Vanian,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
What to Know In the United States, the First Amendment broadly protects most forms of speech, including hate speech.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Those officials told ProPublica that Marocco has questioned whether USAID should be funding programs to combat racist nationalism and hate speech abroad.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 16 Feb. 2025
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Simon Shuster/berlin, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Neil Johnson, a George Washington University physics professor who studies how misinformation and hate speech spread online, said the Community Notes model is problematic, but not because it can be gamed by large institutions.
—Jonathan Vanian,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
What to Know In the United States, the First Amendment broadly protects most forms of speech, including hate speech.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Those officials told ProPublica that Marocco has questioned whether USAID should be funding programs to combat racist nationalism and hate speech abroad.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hate speech
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“Hate speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20speech. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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