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Former ACLU president says censoring hate speech can backfire – just like it did in Nazi Germany

Left: Nadine Strossen (Anthony Alvarez) Right: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Capitol Hill on April 10, 2018. (Xinhua / Ting Shen via Getty Images)

(JTA) — Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms face increasing pressure to crack down against anti-Semitism and other forms of hate speech. This summer, the Anti-Defamation League and NAACP led a one-month corporate boycott against advertising on Facebook, and a group of British Jews led a 24-hour boycott… Read more »