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Twitter, Facebook and others are failing to stop anti-Asian hate – Source CNET Tech

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People hold up signs at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Chicago on March 27.


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Shirley Wang’s phone wouldn’t stop buzzing as the hurtful tweets flooded in. Earlier that day, the 26-year-old Harvard student posted a thread of tweets about anti-Asian racism, prompting more than 100 replies.

“We must fight anti-Asian racism without fueling anti-Blackness (calls for increased policing are unacceptable),” Wang tweeted on Feb. 14.

While some Twitter users praised Wang for her remarks, online trolls hurled insults at her. “Apologize for corona…

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