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Footballers struggle with daily online hate, says Germany wing-back Gosens
1 month, 1 week ago

Footballers struggle with daily online hate, says Germany wing-back Gosens

The Hindu  

Professional footballers are having to deal with a daily barrage of online hate that threatens their mental health, Germany international Robin Gosens said on Thursday. The 30-year-old Gosens, who missed this year’s Euros on home soil after struggling for form last season, is back in the Germany squad for their Nations League group matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday …

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Argentina votes against UN resolution combating online violence against women and girls
1 month, 1 week ago

Argentina votes against UN resolution combating online violence against women and girls

CNN  

CNN — Argentina was the only country to vote against a United Nations resolution promoting the end of all forms of online violence against women and girls. During Thursday’s UN General Assembly session, the South American nation argued that the resolution contained ambiguous terms such as “hate speech,” “misinformation,” and “disinformation” that could be used “abusively” to restrict freedom of …

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‘#ArrestMe’: JK Rowling's ‘transphobic’ tirade won't quiet down even in the face of Scotland's new hate crime law
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘#ArrestMe’: JK Rowling's ‘transphobic’ tirade won't quiet down even in the face of Scotland's new hate crime law

Hindustan Times  

JK Rowling's X is an official logbook of her controversial ‘transphobic’ rants. Slamming the recently introduced new anti-hate crime law in Scotland, she “looked forward to being arrested” if all claims in her verbose address were classified as an offence. Effectively coming into force on Monday, April 1, the Hate Crime and Public Order Act criminalised “stirred up hate” on …

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Elon Musk's X reprimanded after disinformation safety feature scrapped
1 year ago

Elon Musk's X reprimanded after disinformation safety feature scrapped

ABC  

An independent committee has found that X, formerly Twitter, was in breach of Australia's voluntary misinformation and disinformation code, and has withdrawn it as a signatory. Key points: X removed the mechanism for reporting misinformation posted on its platform The ability to report misinformation is a key tenet of the ACPDM code The code is voluntary X removed the mechanism …

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A year after Elon Musk bought Twitter, X is now a 'worthless' platform some say is no longer safe for activists
1 year, 1 month ago

A year after Elon Musk bought Twitter, X is now a 'worthless' platform some say is no longer safe for activists

ABC  

It has been just over a year since billionaire Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco gleefully brandishing a bathroom sink. Yadanar Maung, a Justice For Myanmar spokesperson, said cybersecurity and privacy threats have increased for the group since Mr Musk's takeover and so too has the platform's "compliance with requests from authoritarian regimes". "Human rights activists …

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Science This Week | Euclid telescope blasts off to study the ‘dark’ universe and more
1 year, 5 months ago

Science This Week | Euclid telescope blasts off to study the ‘dark’ universe and more

The Hindu  

This week has been significant for the scientific world with scientists discovering the background hum of the universe caused by gravitational waves, imaging the Milky Way with neutrinos and even capture Saturn’s ring glowing in infrared wavelength. ESA’s Euclid blasts off to unravel mysteries of the ‘dark’ universe The European Space Agency plans to survey billions of galaxies using the …

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A new science: Using physics to understand hate groups on the internet
1 year, 5 months ago

A new science: Using physics to understand hate groups on the internet

The Hindu  

Neil Johnson is a professor of physics at the George Washington University, Washington D.C., who was trained in many-body physics. Shock waves and online hate groups Online hate communities – or what Dr. Johnson & co. call “anti-X” communities – are distinct from other online communities because, among other things, they grow quickly. In their Physical Review Letters paper, Dr. …

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Australian online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate
1 year, 6 months ago

Australian online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the platform. The Australian agency’s boss, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, said she sent a notice to the San Francisco-based company Wednesday …

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Australia issues Elon Musk's Twitter with a 'please explain' notice over surge in online hate
1 year, 6 months ago

Australia issues Elon Musk's Twitter with a 'please explain' notice over surge in online hate

ABC  

Elon Musk's social media platform Twitter has been issued with a demand from Australian authorities for information on what it is doing to tackle online hate. Key points: Twitter will face fines of almost $700,000 every day that it does not comply with the demand for information on how it is tackling online hate Australia's eSafety Comissioner says there's been …

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Drew Barrymore kneels before trans Tiktoker Dylan Mulvaney in emotional show segment
1 year, 9 months ago

Drew Barrymore kneels before trans Tiktoker Dylan Mulvaney in emotional show segment

The Independent  

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German police raid, question online hate speech suspects
2 years ago

German police raid, question online hate speech suspects

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German police searched homes and questioned suspects as part of an annual nationwide crackdown against online hate speech, authorities said Wednesday. Germany has staged annual police raids against online hate speech since 2016. The country’s top security official, Nancy Faeser, said in a statement that crimes committed on social media, messaging apps and Internet forums provide “fertile ground …

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Vijay Varma is sick of online hate after playing abusive husband in Darlings
2 years, 4 months ago

Vijay Varma is sick of online hate after playing abusive husband in Darlings

Hindustan Times  

Actor Vijay Varma is basking in the success of his recent release Darlings, which also starred Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah. Sharing the pictures, Vijay wrote, “Hamza is sick of reading all the online hate he’s getting #darlings BTS.” Responding to him, a user wrote in the comments, “I dil se hated your character Hamza in this movie which shows …

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As online hate speech hits Africa, social media firms told to act
2 years, 4 months ago

As online hate speech hits Africa, social media firms told to act

The Hindu  

Social media used to be a source of light entertainment for Nora, a 47-year-old Zimbabwean domestic worker living in South Africa. “There is very little moderation because these narratives are shared in echo chambers, often in vernacular languages, so they fly beneath the radar,” said Mr. Chenzi, who has been researching online hate speech since 2016. Patrols and Protests Social …

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Bumble ‘Stand For Safety’ initiative will help people to combat hate, bully and discrimination: Know more
2 years, 5 months ago

Bumble ‘Stand For Safety’ initiative will help people to combat hate, bully and discrimination: Know more

India TV News  

Bumble, claimed to be the women-first social networking app brings in the ‘Stand for Safety’ campaign, supporting the platform to create a safer, kinder and more respectful internet ecosystem. 40% of people surveyed say that they have faced online hate-driven speech and bullying with regards to discrimination against a particular group or community and their physical appearance. The social platform …

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Anti-Asian hate speech surged by 1,662% during the pandemic
3 years, 1 month ago

Anti-Asian hate speech surged by 1,662% during the pandemic

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anti-Asian hate speech increased by 1,662 per cent …

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Facebook whistleblower says the platform is making online hate worse
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook whistleblower says the platform is making online hate worse

LA Times  

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told British lawmakers Monday that the social media giant stokes online hate and extremism, fails to protect children from harmful content and lacks any incentive to fix the problems, providing momentum for efforts by European governments working on stricter regulation of tech companies. Haugen added that she was “shocked to hear recently that Facebook wants to …

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Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook “biased against facts”
3 years, 2 months ago

Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook “biased against facts”

The Hindu  

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is “biaseda gainst facts”. The veteran journalist and head of Philippine news site Rappler told Reuters in an interview after winning the award that Facebook’s algorithms …

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Anti-Asian Hate: How A Movement Aims to Break the Bystander Effect
3 years, 8 months ago

Anti-Asian Hate: How A Movement Aims to Break the Bystander Effect

The Quint  

With the recent spate of violent and deadly attacks on Asians in numerous US cities, 45,000 people registered for Hollaback!’s training in the just the last week of March 2021. It also examines and addresses harassment basis identities — including women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, people of colour, religious minorities, people with disabilities, and immigrants. Executive Director & Founder Emily May …

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Respond or Block? How You Can Effectively Counter Hate Speech on Twitter
4 years, 1 month ago

Respond or Block? How You Can Effectively Counter Hate Speech on Twitter

News 18  

Organised movements to counteract hate speech on social media are more effective than individuals striking out on their own, suggests new research that analysed huge swathes of Twitter data with the help of a machine learning algorithm. To study such questions scientifically, researchers first needed to have access to a wealth of real-world data on both hate speech and counter-speech, …

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France Struggles Against Spiral of Online Hate Against 'Jihad'
4 years, 1 month ago

France Struggles Against Spiral of Online Hate Against 'Jihad'

News 18  

As France reels from a string of jihadist attacks, the country is caught up in a perilous fight — protecting citizens against extremist propaganda whose potency seems to increase with each horrific killing. “It now reaches from radical Islamic politics to a much larger religious sphere.” ‘Hyper-violent imagery’ The online hate perpetuated the cycle of violence when an 18-year-old Chechen …

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