Twitter and Facebook are under fire for the role each
platform plays in unknowingly tolerating flagrant hate-fueled, public-facing
obscenity and outright threats. Twitter
was targeted as the result of an
advocate for honoring women on British currency was deluged with sickening rape
threats. Facebook too has been criticized for its molasses-like pace for
contending with hate posts and groups. In the case of Twitter, its UK branch
reaffirmed its position against hate by publishing a post that acknowledged
complaints and also introduced new mechanisms for flagging offending posts.