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the girl's classmates were bullying her online, sending her hateful e-mails and text messages
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The social media platform had to temporarily close the subreddit to the public because of hateful speech and discriminatory content.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 13 May 2024
That position, that speech, may be hateful or offensive to some or many people, but the government does not get to pick and choose sides as to the speech that it is required to protect.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 13 May 2024
That position, that speech, may be hateful or offensive to some or many people, but the government does not get to pick and choose sides as to the speech that it is required to protect.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hateful. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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