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How hatred spreads on the Internet

This article was translated from German

The so-called social media are often quite...

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‘Dark pools’ of hate flourish online. Here are four controversial ways to fight them

For moderators of social platforms such as Facebook, trying to quell the sickening churn of online hate...

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Mapping on-line hate reveals team work is the only useful countermeasure

The paper was written after analysis using a “first of its kind” mapping technique, according to George...

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Here’s how social-media firms should tackle online hate, according to physics

Policing online hate groups is like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole: moderators remove one neo-Nazi...

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Online hate thrives globally through interconnected clusters, study shows

Researchers at George Washington University (GW) have developed a mapping model that is the...

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Global online ‘hate highways’ are squeezing the web and scientists are trying to stop them

In a report published in Nature, scientists have shown how previous attempts to tackle hate speech...

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Researchers propose a new approach for dismantling online hate networks

How do you get rid of hate speech on social platforms? Until now, companies have generally tried two...

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Worse than a virus: they discover how hatred by social networks spreads

This article was translated from Spanish

Hate is not just antipathy and rejection....

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'Hate is in the ether': Research finds hate is resilient on the internet

The online networks formed by hate groups may be more resilient than previously thought, and social...

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A new theory describes how hate travels across social media platforms and around the world — and one researcher compares it to water boiling

In a new study mapping how hate travels across the online world, researchers explored how...