A/75/329 new digital technologies. 65 The Special Rapporteur urges States to implement the concrete proposals made by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its general recommendation No. 35 (2013) on combating racist hate speech, to counter persistent racist hate speech on social media and the Internet. 66 102. Media organizations and social media platforms must recognize their responsibility to mitigate the spread of hateful, xenophobic, racist and discriminatory messaging, and invest resources to protect users against such content. Consistent with the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,67 the Special Rapporteur highlights the need for media to adopt codes of professional ethics or press codes that promote responsibility in dissemination of opinions and ideas. 103. The Special Rapporteur recommends that physical and social media platforms implement regulatory policies and adopt terms of service that respect the freedoms of expression and the press, while eliminating antisemitic, racist, discriminatory and otherwise hateful content. The media must commit to combating antisemitic, racist and xenophobic content and conspiracy theories by taking appropriate actions against misinformation on the public health crisis and against the dissemination of hate messages that incite racial hatred, violence and discrimination. __________________ 65 66 67 20-11206 A/73/312, para. 43. See particularly paras. 39–42. See para. 39. 23/23