The Code of Regulation of Hate Speech on Slovenian Media Websites

Name of code

The Code of Regulation of Hate Speech on Slovenian Media Websites

Originator of code

Spletno oko - Safer Internet Centre (Faculty of Social Sciences)

Country

Slovenia

Original language

Slovenian

Year of creation

2013

Type of code

Media users

Main frame of accountability

Public

Transparency

Public

Legal and regulatory context

Mandatory

Implementation and enforcement

Procedural

Diversity

No

AI/automation

No

Abstract

The “Code of Regulation of Hate Speech on Slovenian Media Websites” by Spletno oko – Safer Internet Centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana) has been signed by several Slovenian online news media. The signatories have agreed to comply with the guidelines, such as user registration, consistent content moderation and standardization of the comment form. According to the code, the moderation of comments is used for hate speech, intolerant speech, insults and inappropriate contents, such as vulgarisms and profanity.

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