“Think of the Children!”: dangerous speech that suggests children are in danger
Whether they know it or not, contemporary political figures often use versions of dangerous speech that go back centuries, and…
Read MoreWhether they know it or not, contemporary political figures often use versions of dangerous speech that go back centuries, and…
Read MoreDangerous speech targeting Ukrainian refugees in Poland is threatening human rights in an already difficult social and political situation.
Read MorePublished in Barron’s on May 5, 2022 Elon Musk’s sudden deal to buy Twitter has his fans elated, and his detractors…
Read MoreWe seek the best ways to blunt the power of dangerous speech, online and offline. Musk taking over Twitter doesn’t look like one of them, to say the least.
Read More[VIDEO] Susan Benesch and Cathy Buerger discuss our recently released publications, reviewing and evaluating the literature on these two important questions.
Read MoreA close advisor to the prime minister of Ethiopia – the world’s 12th most populous country – used an extreme, textbook example of dangerous speech, calling for the Tigray people to be wiped from the face of the earth and from history.
Read MoreU.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke out against dangerous speech, violence, and lies – and was punished by her colleagues as a result.
Read MoreToday Facebook’s Oversight Board correctly upheld the company’s decision to suspend Donald Trump from its platforms, but disappointingly relied only on a narrow basis that was different from the obvious and vital one: inciting violence.
Read MoreAlthough Trump remains banned from Facebook and Twitter, Trump-ism is far from gone. The greatest, lasting damage his rhetoric did was not the January 6 riot –- awful as it was — but rather the impression he has left upon so many well-intentioned Americans that he remains a necessary, even God-ordained defender of their faith and values.
Read MoreDonald Trump’s lawyers tried to defend him against charges of inciting the Capitol riot by arguing that many Democrats have used similar language, including the word “fight”. But it’s not the same.
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