Three female politicians in Ottawa have been harassed in the past week, leading Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna and others to speak out on the dangers.

Facebook has teamed up with Ontario Tech's Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. The partnership is being made to help identify and counter an increasing issue with hate-inspired websites.

Eighty-eight per cent of survey respondents think social media companies should do more to stop or remove messages that propagate hate or racism online.

The national director for the League of Human Rights for B'Nai Brith says they're seeing an ever-growing amount of anti-semitism on the internet.

Brian Levin, with the Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said while younger generations are more tolerant than their grandparents, the Internet is making it easier for people to get involved in hate groups.

The Federal Office for Justice said the social networking company had failed to meet transparency requirements for its handling of hate speech complaints.

The pledge contained no updates on whether the Canadian government is still considering forcing social media companies to remove extremist content.

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network said in a statement Thursday it believed this was the first time activists had sought a peace bond in response to right-wing extremist threats.

The vote to expunge the words of the Christchurch shooter came after Conservative MP Michael Cooper read them into the record while attacking a Muslim witness.

Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault says Scheer's decision to remove Cooper from the committee that held the hearing, but not from caucus, shows there's a ``revolving door'' for bigots in the Conservative party.