Harassment hurts our community by making people less inclined to share their opinions and engage with each other.

Matt Halprin, YouTube’s Global Head of Trust and Safety, discussing YouTube’s privacy and harassment policy that was revealed on Wednesday. YouTube is one of several social media platforms that has been under fire recently for their lack of intervention in user harassment and hate speech. But others claim that monitoring comments and posts is an infringement on First Amendment rights. (The Hill — December 11, 2019)