EurekAlert
New study details how major real-world events grow and strengthen global hate networks online, inciting new hate content around specific hot-button issues.
You’re Not Imagining It: The Internet Really Does Get More Hateful Around Elections
IFL Science
Noticed the internet getting more hateful recently? It’s not just you.
Online hate speech surged during 2020 U.S. election, study finds
Phys.org
A new study published today (Oct. 29) details the ways in which the 2020 U.S. election not only incited new hate content in online communities but also how it brought those communities closer together around online hate speech.
Major Events Like Presidential Elections Bring Online Hate Communities Closer Together
Newswise
A new study published today details the ways in which the 2020 U.S. election not only incited new hate content in online communities but also how it brought those communities closer together around online hate speech.
Study: Presidential Elections Bring Online Hate Communities Together
GW Today
As the election approaches, GW researchers detailed how major events strengthen global hate networks online and incite new content around hot-button issues.
How a U.S. election strengthened the global hate network
Springer-Nature “Behind the Paper”
The most detailed mapping of structure and content across the multi-platform online world reveals how the most recent U.S. presidential election reinforced online hate and extremism
Presidential Elections Unite Online Hate Groups
Mirage News
A new study published today details the ways in which the 2020 U.S. election not only incited new hate content in online communities but also how it brought those communities closer together around online hate speech.
U.S. officials sound alarm about election misinformation
DC News Now
U.S. officials are sounding the alarm over election misinformation online. They’re warning of foreign actors trying to sow discord with fake videos and images.
Behind The Screen: How Bots Are Quietly Shaping The Digital World
Forbes
It began with just one post. Late one night, I was scrolling through my social media feed, and something caught my eye. You know that feeling when something doesn’t sit quite right, like an image in a puzzle that doesn’t fit.
Bad Actor AI and Defending the Online Battlefield with Prof Neil Johnson
Paradigm Podcast
Neil Johnson is a professor of physics at George Washington University. He heads up the Dynamic Online Networks Lab, which combines modern data science with cross-disciplinary fundamental research to tackle problems such as the spread of online misinformation, and the impact of bad-actor generative AI tools in online battlefields.
Neil is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), was former Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, and Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. His published books include Financial Market Complexity, and Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory.