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Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the social media platform will delete 1.5 billion inactive accounts that haven't logged in or tweeted from, to free up usernames and handles.

In its first blog published since the acquisition by Elon Musk, Twitter has assured users and partners that "Twitter 2.0" is on its way to becoming the (safe) town square of the internet.

Twitter owner, Elon Musk, tweeted about a decline in the number of hate speech impressions on the platform. He argues that the spike in offensive content on Twitter has now been controlled.

Since the business mogul Elon Musk took over Twitter, many of the microblogging platform's users have deactivated their account to protest their dissatisfaction with the new ownership.

Riot Games has provided a launch date for a controversial change that will allow it to record your voice chats to train its language model and take action upon reported incidents of hate speech.

German authorities have successfully pressured Telegram to remove the channels of 64 users that were spreading hate and conspiracy theories. Among those getting a channel ban was Attila Hildmann.

Twitter has been ordered to disclose the details and documentation about the manpower that it utilizes to combat hate speech in France after losing a court case against six plaintiffs in the country.

In Q4 2020, Facebook saw a decrease in hate speech prevalence and other content which violates its policies, such as adult nudity. This was driven by modifications to its content moderation systems.

Following racist attacks on UK footballers, Instagram will now impose tougher penalties on people who send abusive messages in DMs and expand how users control their experience on the platform.

The change is being made to reduce hate speech and hurtful content on the platform. The firm also said that it would work on finding whether bias exists in its monetization features.

Twitter has once again updated its platform policies to prohibit hate speech that dehumanizes people based on race, ethnicity, and national origin. Repeat offenders may get their accounts suspended.

Facebook has announced an update to its hate speech policy to ban content that denies or distort the events of the Holocaust. This is part of an effort to fight anti-Semitism on the platform.

TikTok has announced that it's signing up to the E.U.'s 4-year-old anti-hate speech code of conduct. TikTok said that it has always opposed illegal hate speech in its terms and conditions.

Facebook will finally address racial issues on its platform, including Instagram, by creating new internal teams that will study how its algorithms impact minority users as compared with white users.

As many companies have pulled their advertisements from the social network, Facebook today took a stance against the criticism it has been target of, saying it doesn't benefit from hateful content.

YouTube has shed some light on the progress it has made in removing hateful and potentially harmful content on YouTube, saying it has greatly increased the number of videos and channels removed.

Starting today, Twitter is going to battle hateful conduct on the platform vigorously. The new policies put in place will regulate and take down Tweets that promote hate against any religious group.

Twitter is gathering public feedback on proposed rules meant to ban dehumanizing language on its platform. The comment period runs until October 9 and Twitter will share the details later this year.

The social network is updating its rules for content shared on the platform starting next month, including clearer and more straightforward wording regarding what is allowed and what isn't.

After introducing new policies for artist conducts and hate speech just last month, Spotify is backtracking on some of the announcements made at the time, saying the language was "too vague".