Against the backdrop of World Refugee Day, the two organisations recently submitted for approval on Facebook, TikTok and YouTube 10 adverts perpetuating violent xenophobic hate content.
JOHANNESBURG - A new experiment carried out by the Legal Resource Centre and Global Witness, has exposed major gaps in the way social media companies moderate xenophobic hate speech on their platforms.
“Xenophobic violence is on the rise in South Africa and we’ve noted these translate to real life harms and a lot of the xenophobic hate has been directed through social media platforms - particularly with Operation Dudula”. “So it’s important and crucial leading up to our next 2024 elections that social media platforms must be a safe space and free from hate speech and xenophobia”.
“As we approach one of the most significant election years globally, where xenophobic rhetoric will be exploited for political gain, we expect, at the very least, that platforms uphold their own existing policies – having them on paper is meaningless unless they are actively enforced. The devastating consequences of this negligence was evident in Myanmar and Ethiopia. Failure to enforce these policies has real-world impacts and costs lives.
The LRC and Global Witness have called on Meta, Google and TikTok to “invest in equitable and effective safeguards to protect democratic and human rights around the world”.
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