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Letter Published in The National UAE on 20 June 19 Racist hate speech must not be allowed to spread onlineI write to you in reference to your editorial Sharing offensive materials should be a hate crime everywhere (June 19).This editorial on hate speech was an interesting and thought provoking read. More must be done to curb hate preachers online and I truly believe that New Zealand is taking the lead on this issue.The country recently convicted a man who shared a video of the Christchurch mosque attacks - part of which was livestreamed by the alleged perpetrator on social media.The international community should come together and devise a law to punish people who spread hate speech and promote violence using social media.K Ragavan, Bengaluru