July 30,2020
The Dangerous Speech Project and 14 other organizations called for GIFCT, the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, to respect human rights and address concerns about censorship, transparency, and overreach.
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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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April 06,2019
Australia’s Parliament rushed to pass a law which would punish social media companies who do not “expeditiously” remove “violent material” from their platforms – a move which could encourage increased censorship.
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February 22,2019
“The fact that he was so much influenced by Breivik reminds us this is not only a domestic American phenomenon or problem, that these sorts of people find each other and influence each other across international borders.”
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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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August 10,2018
In Nigeria, conflicts driven by Dangerous Speech and legitimate grievances have raised concerns that 2019 elections may spark mass violence.
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April 18,2017
When Sweden suffered a terrorist attack, Prime Minister Lofven responded by affirming civic values. Other world leaders should do the same.
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December 15,2015
This comment examines the tension between freedom of expression and freedom of religion by embedding the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in a wider, century-old European tradition of publications mocking religion, including Christianity. It describes, and draws lessons from, the 19th century blasphemy case against the British Freethinker newspaper, whose “technique of offense” was similar to that of Charlie Hebdo. Finally, the comment tackles the problem of violent response to text or images that mock religion, pointing out that malicious intermediaries often carry such messages between social groups or across national borders—greatly escalating the risk of violence.
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