December 14,2020
The 2020 U.S. election was like nothing we’d seen before for many reasons, including disinformation, dangerous speech, and unprecedented fears of election-related violence. Now 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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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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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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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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September 20,2018
The Alt-Right’s recent stumbles may look bad for their activists – but their ideas are making headway in the US’ most prominent platforms.
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August 23,2018
President Donald Trump has routinely used dehumanizing rhetoric, like “dog” and “animal,” to describe people – especially people of color. These words must not be brushed off; they bear the weight of centuries of racist horror.
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June 19,2018
By referring to immigrants who “pour into and infest our Country,” President Trump has invoked a malevolent vocabulary – one which has striking similarities to rhetoric which has preceded episodes of intergroup violence.
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December 22,2017
President Trump’s hateful and increasingly dangerous rhetoric has now targeted legal immigrants, describing diversity visa recipients as “the worst of the worst.”
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November 29,2017
Sadly, it’s not new that Donald Trump vilified a group of people with spurious claims from a terrible source: today,…
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February 23,2017
Update 2/27/2017: Another incident of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery occurred yesterday, this time at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. Clean-up…
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January 25,2017
Now that Donald Trump is president, he has an even greater responsibility to denounce hateful speech and violence: some of…
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December 20,2016
At the Dangerous Speech Project, we are often asked whether President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks constitute Dangerous Speech. Since the United…
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October 25,2016
This Washington Post article profiles Susan Benesch, director of the Dangerous Speech Project, and explains our work.
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September 29,2016
Much of the world is transfixed at present by Donald Trump’s often insulting and provocative language. But like any speech, it can only be fully understood in context – which now includes remarks more belligerent and shocking than Trump’s, from his supporters who have shouted “Kill her” and “Build the wall – kill them all” at recent Trump rallies, and from other elected officials such as governors of U.S. states.
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