<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>EU-Logos</provider_name><provider_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu</provider_url><author_name>EU Logos</author_name><author_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu/author/communicationeulogos/</author_url><title>#FactOfTheDay 29/11/18 – A positive step towards the regulation of online hate crime</title><html>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, the EU High Level Group on combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance -of which the mission is to help EU and national partners to address the issues of online hate crime and hate speech &#8211; adopted a guidance note called “On the practical application of the council framework decision on certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This EU platform works on two priority areas, which are dealt by different subgroups, namely countering hate speech online and improving methodologies for recording and collecting data on hate crime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a strong message to the world and a positive step towards the regulation of online hate crimes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Matthieu Mazerat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For further information&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;European Commission:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=51025&lt;br /&gt;
https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/document.cfm?doc_id=55607&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Picture extracted from http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/document.cfm?doc_id=43145&lt;/p&gt;
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