Eric Adams Wants New Laws to Curb Twitter Hate Speech

Dec 17 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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ATHENS—Antisemitic hate crimes are soaring in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams is proposing legally-enforced federal regulations to cut hate speech and antisemitism on social media platforms.

Adams told The Daily Beast—during interviews in New York this week and on a trip to Greece at the start of the month—that the U.S. should consider the introduction of laws to force companies to curb online hate if social media giants such as...

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