By Charlotte Freihse & Vladimir Bojarskich Interventions against hate speech emerge almost daily. Measures range from policies to tech-innovations, to counter speech projects. Given the diverse approaches to counter hate speech online, we developed a hate speech interventions map to highlight the distinct approaches of different kinds of interventions. Furthermore, we suggest that a research-... The post The Online Hate Speech Interventions Map appeared first on The International Network for ...| The International Network for Hate Studies
By Mark Walters, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Sussex. Pride month is a celebration of all things LGBTQ+. Yet recently it has become a source of division, both between LGBTQ+ communities and wider society, as well as between subgroups within the community itself. Of particular contention has been the use of a... The post Is the burning of the Pride flag a hate crime? appeared first on The International Network for Hate Studies.| The International Network for Hate Studies
By Daria Denti Online hate and places Despite being a digital phenomenon, online hate speech does not happen is a spatial vacuum. Digital hatemongers are grounded in a spatial environment which might influence their behaviors and beliefs. Nonetheless, the influence of places on cyberhate production is only rarely investigated. Recent studies show that cyberhate does...| The International Network for Hate Studies
While major tech companies strengthen hate speech policies in Europe, their global effectiveness remains questionable, leaving millions of users vulnerable.| AIBlogPostWriter