The debate about hate speech on what is barely mentioned is the absolutely key feature of P2P:

In P2P network *you* route other people's messages. If you don't like them, you don't route them and they're no longer propagating through the network through your node.

In case of the 2020 report that focuses on there's a single barely visible mention of this fundamental feature ("refusing to propagate their messages"):

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As consequence, P2P networks with explicit follow & forward mechanisms (as in Mastodon and SSB), offer probably the most effective tool for democratically driven prevention of vocal minorities taking over the public debate.

If hate speech is condemned by the majority of participants, they will simply execute their right not to forward it further through the network.

Now, if particular hate speech is however *not* condemned, then the problem is not at all in the network architecture...

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