France wants to take a leading role in regulating online hate speech, particularly on social media platforms such as Facebook. Continue reading →

The University of Alberta’s student newspaper issued a retraction and apology this week a little more than five months after Edmonton-Griesbach MP Kerry Diotte sued it over articles that described him as a racist. Continue reading →

The “Christchurch Call” would urge governments and tech giants to root out and censor online extremism. Continue reading →

The company announced in late March that it would ban “praise, support and representation” of white nationalism and separatism. Continue reading →

The far-right, white nationalist groups called identitarians have come into the spotlight after being linked to the gunman who killed 49 people in a terror attack at two New Zealand mosques. Continue reading →

The mosque shooting in New Zealand emerged from the same toxic corner of the internet that fuelled massacres in Pittsburgh, Quebec City and Toronto. Continue reading →

Hundreds attended a vigil at Calgary City Hall to condemn bigotry after the New Zealand mosque attack killed 50. Continue reading →

This was indeed an act of terrorism. And the ideologies of white nationalism and white supremacy that motivated it should be treated as a security threat. Continue reading →

U.S. President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter if he saw a rise in white nationalism and responded “I don’t really. I think it’s a small group of people.” Continue reading →

A brief glossary to help guide readers through articles, Twitter posts and the U.S. president’s press conferences. Continue reading →