Distinct legal traditions underlie the US and EU’s differing approaches to regulating online platforms: the US provides nearly unrestricted free speech under the First Amendment, while the EU permits limitations to safeguard the public good and makes hate speech directed at protected groups illegal. The emphasis has moved to platform responsibility due to the emergence of social media. The EU mandates that platforms remove hate speech after being alerted, in contrast to the US, which does not impose any removal responsibilities on businesses. Additionally, both areas depend on community norms that allow platforms to self-regulate. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2025)772890 (News)https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/772890/EPRS_BRI(2025)772890_EN.pdf (Briefing) Share this: Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Hate and Offensive Text Data Detection using NLP Model (IJRPR) Two Weeks in Soft Security: Free Resources on Countering Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation, May 2025 (II/II)