June 06,2024
The Dangerous Speech Project and the India Hate Lab have been studying the spread of hateful, inflammatory rhetoric during this year’s elections in the United States and in India. The Indian election, just completed, has taught us quite a bit about such content, and ways to undermine it. Please join the DSP’s Cathy Buerger and Susan Benesch, India Hate Lab’s Raqib Hameed Naik, and distinguished Indian journalist Parth M.N., to listen and ask questions.
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May 22,2024
“As we remember the Isla Vista victims on the 10-year anniversary of their murders,” writes Alex DiBranco, “it is imperative that we give serious attention to the continued risks of misogynist ideology, speech, and violence.”
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May 20,2024
In pro-Trump forums, when someone “pushes the norm of what is considered acceptable speech” by posting a call to execute judges or other public officials, “and no one questions it, then the norm of what is acceptable may shift,” said Cathy Buerger, who studies inflammatory rhetoric at the nonpartisan Dangerous Speech Project in Washington. Buerger reviewed the violent posts identified by Reuters.
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May 13,2024
The urgent need for legal action against Prime Minister Modi’s hate speech is spurred by the impending finish of India’s election.
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January 03,2024
Trump‘s recent xenophobic rhetoric is more brazen and explicit. What can be done about it?
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November 06,2023
Criticism of Facebook’s role in the Rohingya genocide largely focuses on anti-Rohingya speech. But content targeting and shaming members of the in-group – like calling people traitors for showing empathy for the Rohingya – also played a significant role.
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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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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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March 30,2018
In January 2018, for only the third time in history, the UN issued sanctions regarding speech: this time against the…
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