On November 24, 2022 the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission announced the results of the 7th evaluation of the Code of Conduct.

The seventh evaluation on the Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online shows that the number of notifications reviewed within 24 hours (64.4%) has decreased as compared to 2021 (81%) and 2020 (90.4%). Only TikTok has increased its performance (from 82.5% to 91.7%). The average removal rate (63.6%) is similar to 2021 (62.5%), but still lower than in 2020 (71%). Looking at the individual performance of the platforms, most of them (except for YouTube) have removed less hate speech content than in 2021. The quality of feedback to users’ notifications has improved as compared to previous monitoring exercises.

The National LGBT rights organization LGL, in cooperation with the European Commission, monitors social media websites for hate speech based on sexual orientation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google+. In 2022 LGL reported 215 illegal hate speech comments based on sexual orientation.

Overall, IT companies removed 63.6% of the content notified to them, while 36.4% remained online. This result is slightly higher than the average of 62.5% recorded in 2021, but lower than the peak score of 71% in 2020. IT companies removed 98.1 percent of illegal hate speech comments reported by the National LGBT Rights Organization LGL.