Government Intervention Needed to Address Vaccination Misinformation
Government regulation may be needed in order to address the growing proliferation of misinformation...
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Research Finds Extreme Elitism, Social Hierarchy among Gab Users
Despite its portrayal as a network that champions free speech, users of the social media platform ...
The Fact Checker’s guide to campaign ads
Campaign videos weren’t always part of presidential cycles. When only 9 percent of Americans had...
How Online Hate Speech Spreads Around the Globe
In a world where hate speech travels online, incentivizing groups in various global communities,...
Online Hate Report Sheds Light On Prevalence Of Social Media Hate
A recent report analyzes how hate communities on Facebook and VKontakte form, flourish and...
'Highways of hate': Current policing of hate groups is ineffective, expert warns
Social media firms such as Facebook are policing online hate groups all wrong, according to...
Research team sets recommendations for removing online hate groups
An interdisciplinary research team released four policy suggestions for how social media companies can...
The physics professor who says online extremists act like curdled milk
The language we use to discuss violent extremism is rife with metaphors from the natural world. As we...
How do hate groups persist on social media platforms? Researchers shed some light.
Social media have enabled a world of interconnectedness. But with this comes opportunities for less...
Try These Four Policies to Dismantle Online Hate Groups
A first-of-its-kind mapping model tracks how hate spread and adapts online—providing what researchers...