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Dangerous speech in an ‘infodemic’

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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Platforms Should Preserve Data about Content Censored During COVID-19

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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COVID-19 dangerous speech breeds violence and helps the disease spread

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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The difference between hate speech and the dangerous kind

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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Introducing the 2019-2020 Global Research Initiative Fellows

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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Can criticizing the government be Dangerous Speech?

September 10,2019

When people describe government policy as evil or even criminal, and then others attack facilities where the policy is carried out, is that Dangerous Speech? 

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When Shootings Become Dangerous Speech

August 09,2019

Individuals who carry out attacks such as the one in El Paso are not only audience members who have heard Dangerous Speech and have been convinced to commit violence. They are also speakers themselves. Their words (through manifestos and social media posts) and their actions (the shootings) are performances designed, at least in part, to move others to commit similar atrocities in the future.

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Dangerous Speech and White Supremacist Violence

August 05,2019

As with several other massacres in the past year, the attacker in the El Paso shooting appears to have online ties with white supremacist ideology and published a racist screed prior to his attack. We’ve written on the ideas espoused by this killer many times in the past.

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How Internet Shutdowns Amplify Dangerous Speech

July 29,2019

When people cannot verify or refute rumors, and cannot access alternative narratives or trustworthy counterspeech, there is an increased likelihood that these rumors will become Dangerous Speech. Therefore, if governments are serious about addressing rumors that could inspire violence, they must resist the urge to shut down the internet.

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Twitter Bans Religious Dehumanization

July 12,2019

Earlier this week, Twitter announced a new rule against language that dehumanizes others on the basis of religion. This change is a step in the right direction, but in order to truly mitigate offline harms, the company must define dehumanizing speech by its likely effect on others in addition to the literal content of the speech.

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