Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand

Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand

5 years ago
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https://apnews.com/f80e250a6b554118b515ccdbfccc989b

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem Tuesday when a YouTube livestream of the proceedings was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments.

YouTube disabled the live chat section of the streaming video about 30 minutes into the hearing because of what it called "hateful comments" from internet users.