Identifying cyber hate: overview of online hate speech policies &finding possible measures to counter hate speech on internet

Being the fastest growing and highly accessible medium, today internet is becoming a powerful source to disseminate any sort of content by individuals. World Wide Web (www) is crowded with a variety of content in the form of information, posts, comments, and messages etc. which are readily available to internet users. The cyber world is the hot spot to spread any particular ideology, belief, propaganda, violence or hatred against any individual or group in society for any significant or insignificant reason that also includes spreading or becoming victim of cyber hate. This research aims to study online hate speech policies and the preventive measures that can be taken to counter cyber hate. Researcher has evaluated top five search engines and their hate speech policy to report any type of abusive or hateful content to be removed that may target any specific group, bullying or dehumanizing individuals, spreading political violence and defaming sacred or revered figures on internet.