LinkedIn Subscribes To EU's Online Hate Speech Code: Reuters

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  • LinkedIn pledged to the European Union's voluntary code of conduct to fight illegal hate speech online, joining its parent Microsoft Corp MSFTFacebook Inc FB and Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL Google's YouTube, amid growing global regulatory pressure, Reuters reported.
  • Twitter Inc TWTR, Instagram, Snap Inc’s SNAP Snapchat, Dailymotion, Jeuxvideo.com and Tiktok has also supported the EU code.
  • The code subscribers need to have rules and community standards prohibiting hate speech on their platforms, systems, and teams to review such content flagged to them. They also need to take quick action to remove the content.
  • LinkedIn assured continued investment in content review teams and platforms to help stop and prevent abuse and action against abuse for member safety.
  • Price action: MSFT shares traded lower by 0.32% at $265.82 on the last check Friday.
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