Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to pressure from the European Union to do more to tackle the issue, according to the results of an EU evaluation.

Facebook won particular praise for reviewing most complaints within a 24-hour target timeframe set down in a code of conduct agreed in December by the European Commission, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube.
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Social media companies doubled hate speech removal: EU report
The European Commission announced on Thursday that social media platforms on the continent are removing twice as much illegal hate speech as they were six months ago.

A new report from the European Union body shows that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft have stepped up their efforts to combat online hate speech in the year since the companies agreed on a code of conduct with European authorities. But the report also showed that Twitter lags behind the others when it comes to responding to reported content.
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