Facebook Launches New Initiative Against Online Extremism And Hate Speech

On Monday evening, Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg announced in Berlin the launch of a new campaign against extremist speech on the Internet, called Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI). The initiative is supported by the German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, and is a partnership between Facebook, the London-based “think and do tank” Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, one of Germany’s foremost, independent NGOs, and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence.

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