Social media firms such as Facebook are policing online hate groups all wrong, according to new research.
Research Team Sets Recommendations For Removing Online Hate Groups
An interdisciplinary research team released four policy suggestions for how social media companies can counteract the spread of hate groups on social media platforms.
The Physics Professor Who Says Online Extremists Act Like Curdled Milk
Hate may be less like a cancer and more like bubbles, says Neil Johnson, who applies physics theory to human behavior Lone wolves. Terrorist cells. Bad apples. Viral infections.
How Do Hate Groups Persist On Social Media Platforms? Researchers Shed Some Light.
Social media have enabled a world of interconnectedness. But with this comes opportunities for less virtuous organisations to spread their messages.
Researchers Propose A New Approach For Dismantling Online Hate Networks
How do you get rid of hate speech on social platforms? Until now, companies have generally tried two approaches.
Online Hate Thrives Globally Through Interconnected Clusters, Study Shows
Researchers at George Washington University (GW) have developed a mapping model that is the first of its kind to track how hate clusters thrive online.
‘Dark Pools’ Of Hate Flourish Online. Here Are Four Controversial Ways To Fight Them
For moderators of social platforms such as Facebook, trying to quell the sickening churn of online hate culture is like playing a twisted game of whack-a-mole.
Here’s How Social-Media Firms Should Tackle Online Hate, According To Physics
Policing online hate groups is like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, and it’s not working. Here are some ideas that might.
Global Online ‘Hate Highways’ Are Squeezing The Web And Scientists Are Trying To Stop Them
The struggle to control online hate speech has been a constant headache for big tech companies – but a team of mathematicians and physicists might have come up with a solution.
Mapping On-line Hate Reveals Team Work Is The Only Useful Countermeasure
Policing on-line hate from within a single platform, such as Facebook, can make the spread of hate worse, and will eventually generate global ‘dark pools’ in which hate will flourish, is one of the findings the finding in a recent scientific paper in Nature.