The UN secretary-general has warned of social media's role in spreading violent extremism around the globe as he marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, urging policy makers to help stop online hate
Antonio Guterres said parts of the internet were turning into"toxic waste dumps for hate and vicious lies" that were driving"extremism from the margins to the mainstream."
— António Guterres January 27, 2023 Mr Guterres drew parallels with the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany when people didn't pay attention or protest. Baerbel Bas, president of the Bundestag lower house, said queer survivors of the so-called Third Reich"long had to fight for recognition" of their suffering.
Germany has officially marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation - since 1996 with a solemn ceremony at the Bundestag and commemorations across the country.
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