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New research shows that antisemitic posts surged as the ‘free speech absolutist’ took over the social media giant. And it has settled at a higher level since.
In Tunisia, scapegoating migrants diverts from the continuous failure of government to solve deep economic and social crisis.
The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s often misunderstood, by many Americans. A constitutional scholar explains what it really boils down to.
A key piece of federal law, Section 230, has been credited with fostering the internet and allowing misinformation and hate speech to flourish. Here’s how it could be reformed.
The government has backed away from broad hate speech legislation. But the law can be a blunt instrument, and comedians are still better off regulating themselves.
The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.
BlenderBot3’s distaste for its creator sits uncomfortably with its taciturn approach to hate speech.
Martha Karua’s selection as a deputy presidential candidate has helped put gender equality on the Kenyan election agenda.
Platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are reframing democracy and the way citizens engage and organise in the digital space.
Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
The new ‘Screenomatic’ model can protect students and academics, while still providing useful feedback.
All actors in the electoral processes in Nigeria must work together to ensure peaceful elections.
To predict - and prevent - election-related violence, it’s important to first understand the key drivers of conflict.
New Zealand has a high concentration of extremist alt-right groups relative to similar countries. The challenge now is to head off hate crime and violence.
A study asked university teachers to share some of their students’ anonymous survey feedback. The results reveal insults and hate speech many lecturers deal with each year.
As Western and Indonesian academics continue to engage in co-operation, we should find common ways of counteracting discrimination, including discriminatory practices against the LGBT community.
The social media giant’s co-founder has been distinguishing himself from people like Mark Zuckerberg who seem set to stay in traditional companies.
Will recent acts of violence against Muslims in Canada lead us to see what we should have seen earlier — that anti-Muslim works are hate speech that encourage violence against Muslims?
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
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Professor, UCL
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Pace University
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Reader in Political and Legal Theory, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Chair in Educational Leadership in the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts, Université Laval
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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PhD Candidate, Alan Turing Institute, University of Oxford
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Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Windsor
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Associate professor, Uppsala University
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
