Posted on 03/11/2026 6:00:31 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Spain will launch a tool to measure hate speech on digital platforms as part of a broader strategy to increase oversight of social media companies, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday.
The country announced a wider plan last month to regulate social media, including a ban on its use for younger teenagers and measures to hold platform executives accountable for illegal or hateful content hosted on their services.
The new tool, called HODIO — an acronym in Spanish for Footprint of Hatred and Polarisation — will allow the government to systematically track the presence, amplification and impact of hate speech online, Sanchez said.
Online hate was causing deep divisions in Spanish society, he said, and it was important to start talking about the "footprint of hate" in the same way society discusses the carbon footprint.
"We want to start talking about the impact of hate. When something is measured, it ceases to be invisible," he said.
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Hate you can detect from a satellite?!
I’m sure Arabic will be left out of the algorithm
Dirty Sanchez hates speech.
Welcome to the Thought Police.
“Death to Spain” will be Hate depending on who said it.
How the f do you monitor hate? “Hate” could be “Jose’s toupee looks stupid”
I see what you did there.
Freedom of speech winks out in another sinking EU territory.
There are laws against speeding. Everyone knows how those laws work. If the sign says 40, don’t go above that speed. Simple.
But exactly what are “hate speech” crimes?
They are whatever the government decides them to be. What is perfectly fine to say on Monday could have you thrown in jail on Tuesday.
End result: People will self-censor.
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To monitor their leaders who hate their own citizens?
I hate Spain
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
Next we should have laws that promote truth!
Like the rest of the West, they will just protect commies, criminals, trannies and muslims.
pure communism
no one has a right to not be offended
Most of the people thrown in jail will be there because they wrote they truth.
I am so very triggered by the word “launch.”
Please send reparations ASAP!
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