November 02,2020
As the United States reaches the end of a campaign season marred by increasing levels of disinformation and dangerous speech – and unprecedented fears of election-related violence – it’s time to start thinking about the future. In this paper, Cathy Buerger and Tonei Glavinic share new research about how countries around the world have taken on the challenge of harmful speech in campaigns, and offer ideas about how these approaches could be adapted for use in the United States.
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July 30,2020
The Dangerous Speech Project and 14 other organizations called for GIFCT, the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, to respect human rights and address concerns about censorship, transparency, and overreach.
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July 29,2020
While online speech is rarely implicated in initial violent incidents, social media platforms increasingly feature dangerous speech afterward – which increases the risk of additional violence.
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July 10,2020
While the last few weeks have featured internet companies instituting new policies, promising to make small changes, and taking new…
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May 29,2020
For the first time, Twitter marked one of Donald Trump’s posts as a rules violation. It was the right decision– but Twitter should provide more detail about why posts violate its rules.
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May 06,2020
We’re seeing a worrisome pattern—that of authority figures capitalizing on the public’s need for guidance and security to spread disinformation, including dangerous speech.
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April 22,2020
The Dangerous Speech Project is one of 75 organizations and individuals voicing concerns about how social media and content-sharing platforms…
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March 20,2020
Intentionally associating COVID-19 with Asian communities encourages cruel and ignorant stigmatizing, and distracts people from reliable information about the disease.
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March 19,2020
Author Salil Tripathi examines the distinction between hate speech and dangerous speech in the context of elections in Delhi, India.
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October 07,2019
These inaugural Fellows will be the first in a worldwide network of researchers in countries where Dangerous Speech abounds.
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