Hate Speech in the Mass Media
Shinji Uozumi · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2021
In Japan, hate demonstrations and Heitobon (‘hate speech books’) that contained hate speech peaked in 2013–14. Even now, some print media still contain hate speech. In contrast, broadcast television has largely escaped the airing of hate speech because broadcasters are governed by content regulations and ethical codes. In 2017, however, a local station in Tokyo aired a particular show, News Joshi (‘News Girls’), which included some defamation of protesters in Okinawa. The Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization, a politically independent examiner of broadcast television, found that News Joshi violated ethical standards and human rights.