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Only anecdotal. And you can see some of it if you google 'facebook censorship'.

But here is one about Germany - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/26/mark-zuck...

Though to understand what it is really talking about, you have to understand the redefinition of "hate speech" that has happened through-out the EU.

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Can you elaborate on the redefinition of "hate-speech"? How was it previously defined and how has that definition changed? Who changed it?

As an American this is especially interesting to me because we place such value on our freedom of speech but also pay a high price in the hate speech that is viewed as a necessary evil. It seems that the EU has made an attempt to manage this hateful speech but I'm not familiar with the specifics.

AFAIK there has been no "redefinition of hate speech" throughout the EU. It's just that in Germany, Facebook started removing posts that are illegal under German law (libel, incitement of violence...) after they were reminded that they were legally required to do so.

German blog post about it: http://www.internet-law.de/2015/09/muss-facebook-staerker-ge...

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