February 16,2023
There is relatively little tension between Poland and Ukrainians, and openly anti-immigrant or anti-Ukrainian speech is extremely rare in mainstream political debate. However, one seemingly benign, but actually dangerous word has proliferated in Polish public discourse.
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January 25,2023
We’re disappointed that Meta is restoring Trump’s accounts, but its new approach to content by public figures in times of civil unrest is an improvement.
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January 21,2023
In light of new revelations about the proliferation of violent rhetoric on social media platforms leading up to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, The Markup’s Julia Angwin interviewed DSP Executive Director Susan Benesch about dangerous speech online.
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December 16,2022
In response to the spread of antisemitism on the internet, the Institute of Strategic Dialogue and B’nai B’rith International, in…
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September 23,2022
This week Tucker Carlson crossed a new line, deliberately inciting his viewers to harm a specific group of people.
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June 08,2022
Whether they know it or not, contemporary political figures often use versions of dangerous speech that go back centuries, and none is more pervasive or powerful than telling people that someone is threatening their children.
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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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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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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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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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