From ancient myths and religious texts to modern-day propaganda and media, the visual portrayal of snakes has served as a powerful tool for dehumanization, fueling stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination.
Read MoreThe Dangerous Speech Project (DSP) seeks research fellows to work during the upcoming U.S. presidential election cycle documenting dangerous speech,…
Read MoreIt’s vital for influential Americans to publicly correct those dangerous lies and others circulating in our body politic. The deliberate gap left by our national law imposes a civic obligation to practice the only peaceful alternative to criminalizing speech that leads to violence: publicly repudiating it.
Read MoreQualitative study by Cláudia Silva and Paula Carvalho that examines hate speech (HS) from the perspectives of the most representative minority communities in Portugal, namely Afro-descendants, Roma, and LGBTQ+.
Read MoreProfessor at Harvard University, Susan Benesch, stated at an international conference in the Azores that “living conditions do not seem to be the determining factor” in relation to hate speech.
Read MoreIn her recent op ed for the New York Times, Julia Angwin urges that “understanding the distinction between fear-inducing and hateful speech is crucial as we collectively grapple with how to govern global internet platforms.”
Read MoreExecutive Director of the Dangerous Speech Project Susan Benesch responds to the Oversight Board’s March 16th call for public comments regarding an appeal to remove video of a speech by Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen from his official Facebook page.
Read MoreSusan Benesch will be speaking in-person at American University, Washington College of Law for a panel discussion on social media and AI enabled human rights abuses on March 20, 2023.
Read MoreCathy Buerger will be speaking on this panel, which explores the roles and functions of hate speech and contested symbols in (post)conflict societies on Mar 21, 2023.
Read MoreThere is relatively little tension between Poland and Ukrainians, and openly anti-immigrant or anti-Ukrainian speech is extremely rare in mainstream political debate. However, one seemingly benign, but actually dangerous word has proliferated in Polish public discourse.
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