On the rise of fear speech in online social media (PNAS)
nlike hate speech, fear speech has almost zero toxic content, making it look plausible. Moreover, while fear speech topics mostly…
Social media users’ online behavior with regard to the circulation of hate speech (Carleton University)
his study aims to comprehend the roles social media users play in responding to online hate speech. To this end,…
Free Resources on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech, December 2023 (I/II)
Browse and read from a list of the 165 most popular LinkedIn resources that deal with counter-extremism and countering hate…
CReHate: Cross-cultural Re-annotation of English Hate Speech Dataset (arXiv Vanity)
To delve into how individuals from different countries perceive hate speech, we introduce CReHate, a cross-cultural re-annotation of the sampled…
Hate Cannot Drive out Hate: Forecasting Conversation Incivility following Replies to Hate Speech (arXiv)
This study introduces the task of predicting the incivility of conversations following replies to hate speech. We first propose a…
Self-censorship among online harassment targets: the role of support at work, harassment characteristics, and the target’s public visibility (Information, Communication & Society)
We collected survey data based on representative samples from Finnish academics (N = 2,492), local politicians (N = 510), and media professionals (N = 695). We…
Free Resources on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech, November 2023 (II/II)
Browse and read from a list of the 150 most popular LinkedIn resources that deal with counter-extremism and countering hate…
Free Resources on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech, November 2023 (I/II)
Browse and read from a list of the 100 most popular LinkedIn posts about counter-extremism and countering hate speech by…
Policyinstitute.net and its Status as an NGO
Dear Network, Recently, I was pointed to an essential matter: what is the legal status of Policyinstitute.net? I had never…
Doing Research on counter-terrorism.org | Policyinstitute.net
Dear Network, On the website counter-terrorism.org, you will find a search function. It is located on the upper right –…
Free Resources on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech, October 2023 (II/II)
Browse and read from a list of the 164 most popular LinkedIn posts about counter-extremism and countering hate speech by…
Cause or Amplification? Digital Radicalization and Analog Bias (Policyinstitute.net)
When I began filing daily posts on radicalization leading up to violent extremism, back in 2017, consensus was that processes…