Strategies for combating online hate

Derzsy, Noemi

doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02447-1

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21 August 2019

Strategies for combating online hate

An analysis of the dynamics of online hate groups on social-media platforms reveals why current methods to ban hate content are ineffective, and provides the basis for four potential strategies to combat online hate.

Noemi Derzsy ⁰

Noemi Derzsy
1. Noemi Derzsy is in the Data Science and AI Research Organization, AT&T Labs, New York, New York 10007, USA.
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How does the online hate ecosystem persist on social-media platforms, and what measures can be taken to effectively reduce its presence? Writing in Nature, Johnson et al.¹ address these questions in a captivating report on the behaviour of online hate communities that reside on multiple social-media platforms. The authors shed light on the structure and dynamics of online hate groups and, informed by the results, propose four policies to reduce hate content on online social media.

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Nature 573, 203-204 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02447-1

Noemi Derzsy contributed to this article in her personal capacity; the views expressed are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of AT&T.

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