June 18,2019
Should you respond directly to hatred online? And if so, how should you do it? These are just a few of the questions that staff at the Dangerous Speech Project (DSP) discussed with an audience at RightsCon last week. DSP staff were joined by Logan Smith, creator of @YesYoureRacist.
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June 13,2019
In his new book, Speech Police, David Kaye argues that online content needs to be regulated in a fair, consistent way – not in reactive, confusing fits and starts. In the same week as the book’s release, YouTube showed us why he’s right.
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May 28,2019
The new Christchurch Call to Action is largely vague and symbolic, but it may be worthwhile since it prompts internet companies to expand their collaborations against harmful and especially terrorism-promoting content online.
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May 07,2019
Governments, internet companies, and civil society organizations attempting to prevent the spread of violent white supremacist ideas – and killings – must consider the radicalizing capacity of fear and threat, instead of focusing exclusively on hate speech.
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March 08,2019
Rising tension between India and Pakistan, triggered by a terrorist attack in Kashmir, have inspired an alarming flood of Dangerous Speech and misinformation to spread online in both countries – some urging mass violence or even full-scale war.
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February 22,2019
Along with CITAD, the DSP recommends six strategies for resisting the spread of Dangerous Speech and its potential to inspire violence as Nigeria enters its 2019 election season.
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February 15,2019
Candidates’ calls for peace follow a long string of Dangerous Speech and false allegations from all sides; we fervently hope for free and peaceful elections.
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January 06,2019
The DSP is proud to have hosted the First International Counterspeakers’ Workshop, a meeting of people who respond to hateful or harmful speech online – to trade ideas, war stories, and best practices. The event, held in late November in Berlin, drew 15 people from around the world who ‘counterspeak’ online in a wide variety of ways.
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December 06,2018
China’s clampdown on Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslims is shrouded in secrecy – but government documents, testimonies from detained Uyghurs, and officials’ Dangerous Speech reveal a disturbing picture of human rights abuses.
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October 26,2018
The winner of Brazil’s 2018 presidential election has a long history of Dangerous Speech, as well as calls to violence against black and indigenous people, LGBTQ people, and women.
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