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  • The Buffalo shooting and the tangled roots of hate | Columbia Journalism Review

    May 18, 2022

    Kat Massey was a visible figure in Buffalo, New York. A longtime civil rights advocate who was active in various local causes, she also contributed articles to the Criterion and […]

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  • New E.U. landmark law targets Big Tech firms over hate speech, disinformation | NBC News

    April 27, 2022

    The European Union reached an agreement Saturday on landmark legislation forcing Big Tech firms such as Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta, as well as other internet services, to more aggressively […]

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  • UN’s rights council adopts ‘fake news’ resolution, States urged to take tackle hate speech | UN News

    April 3, 2022

    Officially sponsored by Ukraine, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the UK and US, the draft resolution presented to the Geneva forum emphasised the primary role that governments have, in countering false […]

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  • Reddit Tamps Down on Hate Speech, Misinformation in 2 Forums | Time

    March 25, 2022

    Reddit has taken action against hate speech this week, banning the India-focused r/Chodi discussion forum and quarantining the China-focused r/GenZedong. The social media platform’s crackdown follows a TIME report in January […]

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  • Disinformation, Radicalization, and Algorithmic Amplification: What Steps Can Congress Take? | Just Security

    February 9, 2022

    Design features of social media platforms are exploited to promote extremism. The platforms’ after the fact, whack-a-mole approach to content moderation is insufficient. However, Section 230 reform – a popular […]

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  • Digital Technology and Extreme Speech: Approaches to Counter Online Hate | UN Peacekeeping

    January 25, 2022

    To address the spread and severity of online hate and disinformation, and the mammoth challenge they have posed to human rights protection, this strategy paper calls for keen attention toward […]

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  • How antisemitic conspiracy theories contributed to the recent hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue | The Conversation

    January 24, 2022

    The man who took a rabbi and three congregants hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2022, believed that Jews control the United States of America. He told his hostages, […]

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  • Twitter Spaces is being used by the Taliban and white nationalists. | The Washington Post

    December 14, 2021

    Earlier this year, as Twitter raced to roll out Spaces, its new live audio chat feature, some employees asked how the company planned to make sure the service didn’t become […]

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  • Lawyers behind Rohingya Facebook lawsuit call it a reckoning for regulating social media | Rest of World

    December 10, 2021

    Lawyers representing Rohingya refugees brought a class-action lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta this week, seeking more than $150 billion in damages from the company by claiming that it bears responsibility […]

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  • Reducing Harm on Social Media: Research & Design Ideas | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics

    December 3, 2021

    When social media platforms first launched nearly two decades ago, they were seen as a force for good – a way to connect with family and friends, learn and explore […]

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