“Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that the law was associated with a statistically significant reduction in toxic posts by far-right social media users. Further, we show that the NetzDG reduced anti-refugee hate crimes in towns with more far-right Facebook users. Together, these findings suggest that online content moderation can curb online hate speech and offline violence.” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4230296 Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Improving Generalization of Hate Speech Detection Systems to Novel Target Groups via Domain Adaptation (ACL Anthology) Quantifying How Hateful Communities Radicalize Online Users (arXiv)