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“Think of the Children!”: dangerous speech that suggests children are in danger

June 08,2022

Whether they know it or not, contemporary political figures often use versions of dangerous speech that go back centuries, and…

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Dangerous Speech rises as millions of refugees cross Polish-Ukrainian border

May 11,2022

Dangerous speech targeting Ukrainian refugees in Poland is threatening human rights in an already difficult social and political situation.

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Op-Ed: Bring Social Media Enforcement Into the Light

May 05,2022

Published in Barron’s on May 5, 2022   Elon Musk’s sudden deal to buy Twitter has his fans elated, and his detractors…

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OP-ED: Why Elon Musk’s Twitter might be (more) lethal

May 05,2022

We 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.

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Is speech a driver of intergroup violence? Is counterspeech an effective response to hatred?

January 25,2022

[VIDEO] Susan Benesch and Cathy Buerger discuss our recently released publications, reviewing and evaluating the literature on these two important questions.

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Appalling dangerous speech from Ethiopian Prime Minister’s aide

September 22,2021

A 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.

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Liz Cheney spoke out against lies and dangerous speech – and got punished for it

May 19,2021

U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke out against dangerous speech, violence, and lies – and was punished by her colleagues as a result.

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Facebook’s Oversight Board Avoids Ruling on Incitement in Donald Trump case

May 05,2021

Today 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.

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From an Evangelical Christian to my Sisters and Brothers: Our Godly Duty to Renounce Trump’s Dangerous Speech

May 05,2021

Although 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.

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Words Matter, but Context Matters More: Dangerous Speech and the Capitol Riots

March 15,2021

Donald 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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