Facebook has ramped up efforts to combat hate speech in Europe and is now in compliance with voluntary guidelines agreed to last year, the European Commission (EC) said this week, but Twitter and YouTube are still lagging behind.

In a report published Thursday, the EC said tech companies have made “significant progress” in complying with a voluntary “code of conduct” to review the majority of hate speech complaints within 24 hours. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft signed on to the code of conduct in May 2016. European lawmakers are currently considering legislation that would require tech companies to block videos that contain hate speech or terrorist propaganda, as part of a broader effort to curb illegal speech online. Such…

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