A Campaign on Hate Speech: Origins & Updates

The Social Network Show welcomes Soraya Chemaly to the May 6, 2014 episode.

Ms. Chemaly, a feminist writer, media critic and activist shares with us the story of the very interesting development of the campaign on Facebook to get the management to recognize that misogynistic content is hate speech. If you are worried about human rights on social media, listen to this show and hear how this campaign got started. Hear how Facebook reacted and what they are doing now.

Soraya Chemaly is a feminist writer, media critic and activist whose work focuses on women's rights and the role of gender in politics, religion and popular culture. Her work appears regularly in Salon, The Huffington Post, RHRealityCheck, Fem2.0, Role Reboot and the Feminist Wire. She also writes for The Guardian, Ms. Magazine and CNN. Ms. Chemaly is a frequent radio, television and online commentator and was, recently, one of the primary organizers of a successful social media campaign demanding that Facebook recognize misogynistic content as hate speech. She speaks regularly on the topic of gender, violence and free speech. Ms. Chemaly was the recipient of the 2013 Secular Woman Activist of the Year Award, as well as this year's Donna Allen Award for Feminist Advocacy. Ms. Chemaly returned to feminist activism and writing after a professional career in strategic planning, marketing and business development in the media, data and technology fields. .