Legal Policies Society Hate Speech: Turning the tide (United Nations) 28 February 2023 https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132617 “Online hate speech might seem like an unstoppable tide, but strategies are being employed by governments, civil society, and…
Assorted Society Qualitative research into the impact of online hate (via Ofcom) 28 February 2023 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/252740/qual-research-impact-of-online-hate.pdf “The frequency and types of hateful abuse experienced were strongly determined by context, including how often participants used different…
Assorted Society An Analysis of Hate Speech Tweets Against Women from a Socio-cognitive Discourse Perspective (SSRN) 28 February 2023 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4363257 “The research begins by examining the discursive structures that discriminate against women and then examines how cognitive structures shape…
Algorithms Assorted Legal Society Offline and Online Gender-Based Violence: Extremism Risk Assessment Tools and the Rise of the Incel Rebellion (GNET Research) 22 January 2023 “In recent years, there have been increasing instances of online hate and gender-based violence against women. Reports of involuntary celibate…
Algorithms Assorted Policies Society Online harassment in gaming continued to grow in 2022 (Esports GG) 22 January 2023 https://esports.gg/news/gaming/online-harassment-in-gaming-continued-to-grow-in-2022/ “According to a report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), rates of harassment, hate, and extremism in online gaming have…
Legal Policies Society Mayors explore ways to combat online hate and extremism (Statescoop) 22 January 2023 “Preventing the spread of disinformation and hate speech online, including on social media, is vital to reduce real-life acts of…
Legal Policies Society Freedom of speech is not freedom to spread racial hatred on social media: UN experts (United Nations Human Rights) 22 January 2023 https://www.ohchr.org/en/taxonomy/term/765 “Allowing and tolerating the incitement to hatred and expression or advocacy of hatred against people of African descent and…
Algorithms Society Using science and AI to track patterns of digital hate (Telekom) 28 November 2022 “How can data help against hate and disinformation on the net? And why is it important to join forces with…
Legal Society The psychology of hate: Moral concerns differentiate hate from dislike (European Journal of Social Psychology) 28 November 2022 “We investigated whether any differences in the psychological conceptualization of hate and dislike were simply a matter of degree of…
Policies Society A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy (nature human behaviour) 28 November 2022 “We conducted a systematic review of causal and correlational evidence (N = 496 articles) on the link between digital media use and…
Assorted Society Extreme Temperature Shifts Trigger an Increase in Hate Speech (Medscape) 28 November 2022 “Extreme hot or cold temperatures shifts tend to trigger a rise in hate speech on social media, according to researchers…
Policies Society Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech (ADI/MSI-DIS) Background document (Council of Europe) 22 November 2022 “To prepare a draft recommendation by the Committee of Ministers to member States on a comprehensive approach to addressing hate…