Website Statistics
Dear Network, I am thrilled to share the latest statistics for my websites under Policyinstitute.net, de-news.net, and thorstenkoch.com. From 2017…
Two Weeks in Soft Security: Free Resources on Countering Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation, July 2025 (I/II)
Browse and read from a list of the 125 most popular LinkedIn resources – including 2 full eBooks and 9…
Experiences of online hate and abuse among women in politics (Ofcom)
Ofcom interviewed seven women MPs and polled 22 current or past members. According to participants, hate and abuse on the…
A Large Language Model-Based Approach for Multilingual Hate Speech Detection on Social Media (MDPI)
Social media hate speech jeopardizes free speech and online safety, particularly when it comes to multilingual users. A trilingual dataset…
Conspiracy to Commit: Information Pollution, Artificial Intelligence, and Real-World Hate Crime (arXiv)
Is there a connection between internet demand for conspiracy theories and actual hate crimes? Using a one-dimensional convolutional neural network…
Trio Innovators @ DravidianLangTech 2025: Multimodal Hate Speech Detection in Dravidian Languages (ACL Anthology)
Using both audio and text modalities, the current research provides a thorough analysis of multimodal hate speech detection in the…
AfriHate: A Multilingual Collection of Hate Speech and Abusive Language Datasets for African Languages (ACL Anthology)
To effectively comprehend and manage hate speech and abusive language, sociocultural context is necessary. Moderation is frequently lacking or depends…
Exploratory Framework: Ideological and Philosophical Constructs with Radical or Extremist Potential
The study of political and philosophical worldviews that may predispose individuals to radical or extremist beliefs remains an under-explored domain…
Two Weeks in Soft Security: Free Resources on Countering Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation, June 2025 (II/II)
Browse and read from a list of the 350 most popular LinkedIn resources, also including 28 reports and five full…
Criminalising Hate Speech: A Comparative Study (SSRN)
In recent years, a number of compilations on free speech have been released worldwide. The current book compiles extremely thorough…
Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media (scientific reports)
Intergroup animosity is common online, but there is still little data on how to combat it. With an emphasis on…
Leveraging the Potential of Prompt Engineering for Hate Speech Detection in Low-Resource Languages (arXiv)
Social media’s popularity has contributed to an increase in hate speech, endangering people’s safety and fueling hate crimes. Spelling mistakes,…