EU, tech giants boost cooperation on fighting online hate


FILE PHOTO A Twitter logo is seen outside the company headquarters in San Francisco California U.S. January 11 2021. REUTERSStephen Lam

FILE PHOTO: A Twitter logo is seen outside the company headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

LILLE, France (Reuters) - European justice ministers and tech giants Google's and Meta agreed on Friday that a clear legal framework was needed to step up cooperation against online hate, France's justice minister said.

Social media and online platforms face a raft of legislative proposals on both sides of the Atlantic that will require them to do more to counter online hate speech and disinformation.

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