forbidden words: hate speech

hate speech noun

speech, writing, or nonverbal communication that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025k). In Dictionary.com. 

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example sentences: hate speech

Many users have worried that could mean a rise in hate speech.
Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 24 July 2023

It was ruled hate speech and, in effect, banned by a court more than a decade ago.
Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025

And when the hate speech poured out from the stage, it wasn’t just heard by the thousands in attendance.
Lee Trink, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025

Would that put a stop to hate speech at public meetings?
Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024

If someone in power can claim, ‘Well, that’s hate speech.
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024

Screenshots showed it being flagged up on X as hate speech.
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 May 2025

Twitter has also seen a spike in hate speech since Musk bought the platform last year.
Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 July 2023

Since the pandemic, anti-Asian hate speech also has been on the rise.
John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023

My Ads, a watchdog group for ways in which the ad industry supports hate speech.
David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023

Many students say hate speech and racial slurs regularly go unchecked at the school.
Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024

Jimmy Kimmel is calling out Kanye West after the rappers string of hate speech over the past week.
Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2025

Yes, classifying calls for the genocide of Jews as hate speech should have been a straight-forward task.
Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023

What is acceptable to say and what crosses into hate speech?
Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023

The National Park Service did not release details about the hate speech.
Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025

Hanukkah reminds us Jews will not sit silently on the sidelines while hate crimes and hate speech against us skyrocket.
TIME, 11 Dec. 2023

Read how the platform is expanding its hate speech policies.
Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 July 2024

Researchers tracked an uptick in hate speech after Musk acquired the site in 2022 and began changes to its algorithm.
Char Adams, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024

And Twitter is under scrutiny for a rise in hate speech and its treatment of workers.
Kate Conger, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023

The five-member board ruled that the video, along with another anti-trans video, does not constitute hate speech.
Samantha Riedel, Them., 24 Apr. 2025

His ownership, as well as rapid changes at the company, has concerned some users who fear the rise of hate speech on the site as safety guardrails are rolled back.
Rachel Pannett and Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023

The changes come as Meta fights a flood of hate speech and misinformation surrounding the conflict.
Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023

Growing attacks in schools, linked to online hate speech, have added urgency to the issue.
Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2023

But the boom in hate speech and harassment since Musk took over has permanently altered the tone of Twitter, many users say.
Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 7 July 2023

When Musk took over, in 2022, there were initial reports that hate speech (anti-Black and anti-Semitic slurs) was surging on the platform.
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024

While some people may see certain platforms as a breeding ground for hate speech, others may see them as the last bastion of free speech.
Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

As leaders attempt to quash hate speech and promote unity, some students and teachers say they have been censored in the process.
Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023

West has been under fire in recent months for controversial X rants filled with hate speech.
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025

This campus can and will discipline hate speech not protected by the First Amendment.
Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023

To the north, a federal judge recently struck down a New York law that regulates online hate speech.
WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023

Major advertisers fled the platform after hate speech surged on the platform following Musk’s takeover.
Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 14 May 2025

from — How to Use hate speech in a Sentence. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 

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