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Political Hate Sites in Singapore: Flourishing Without Repercussions
Bangkog: Asia Centre (2023), 60 pp.
The Digital Battlefield: The Taliban’s Case of Co-opting Social Media for Warfare and Governance
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2023), 20 pp.
"This paper delves into the paramount significance of social media in contemporary warfare, shedding light on the critical need for effective measures to counter online radical narratives and prevent the spread of violent extremism. It explores how autocratic and repressive groups like the Taliban e
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Social Media 4 Peace: Local Lessons for Global Practices
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 69 pp.
"The three countries [Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Kenya] provide evidence of online hate speech and disinformation affecting human rights offline. The evidence is not comprehensive yet clear enough to raise serious concerns. Online gender-based violence is also reported as critical in the
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ISIL Propaganda
San Francisco: Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) (2023), 22 pp.
El discurso del odio en los medios de Ecuador: Percepciones y soluciones
Quito: Abya-Yala; Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (2023), 110 pp.
"En un mundo globalizado donde la información fluye, los medios de comunicación tienen un papel esencial en moldear opiniones y actitudes. En El discurso de odio en los medios de Ecuador: percepciones y soluciones, estudiantes del sexto ciclo de Comunicación en la Universidad Politécnica Salesia
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Deciphering Digital Hate: Assessing the Evidence between Online Speech and Offline Violence in Africa
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 13, issue 2 (2023), 25 pp.
"From Ethiopia to Sudan, there has been significant concern about the role of hate speech and incitement on social media to promote offline violence and, at its most extreme, genocide. These questions have become more urgent with the growth of large language models and Artificial Intelli-gence that
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How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 1 (2023), pp. 86-103
"While scholars have already identified and discussed some of the most urgent problems in content moderation in the Global North, fewer scholars have paid attention to content regulation in the Global South, and notably Africa. In the absence of content moderation by Western tech giants themselves,
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State of Play: Trends in Terrorist and Violent Extremist Use of the Internet 2022
Tech Against Terrorism (2023), 32 pp.
"This report covers key trends and developments in terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) use of the internet over 2022. It aims to highlight the principal shifts in TVE behaviour and tactics online, and to inform more comprehensive, cross-industry responses to countering TVE exploitation of the inte
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Researching the Evolving Online Ecosystem: Telegram, Discord and Odysee
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2023), 59 pp.
"Harmful actors use an ever-expanding range of digital spaces to spread harmful ideologies and undermine human rights and democracy online. Understanding their evolving ideas, online networks and activities is critical to the development of a more comprehensive evidence base to inform effective and
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Hamas in Cyberspace: Social Media and Forms of Political Expression
Arab Media & Society, issue 35 (2023), pp. 85-114
"This study examines the digital practices and online discourses of Hamas on Twitter, with a specific focus on the Palinfoen account linked to the Palestinian Information Centre (PIC). The study examines 3,500 tweets related to events in Palestine, which were either tweeted or retweeted by the Palin
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Examining Terrorism, Extremism and Radicalization Through a Peace Communication Perspective
New York: Peter Lang (2023), 322 pp.
"This edited book expands the applicability of peace journalism research beyond war to cover terrorism and radicalization, an issue that has not yet been touched by peace journalism scholars." (Publisher description)
Disentangling Jihad, Political Violence and Media
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2023), xxvi, 420 pp.
"The entanglement of Jihad, Political Violence, and Media has determined the lives of Muslims in Europe and the US over the past 20 years. This book unravels the nexus of these elements, to critically examine how their conjunction is perpetuated, reproduced, or disputed. In 16 case studies, the cont
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Hate speech FORSA-Studie 2023: Zentrale Untersuchungsergebnisse
Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2023), 14 pp.
Contextures of hate: Towards a systems theory of hate communication on social media platforms
Communication Review, volume 26, issue 3 (2023), pp. 209-252
"We inquire into different perspectives and patterns of problematizing online hate speech within the social sciences from a systems-theoretical perspective. Our results identify five different research perspectives adopted by studies on the issue: (1) systematic perspectives on problems of operation
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WhatsApp 360: A Look into the WhatsApp News Ecosystem in Lebanon Focusing on Misinformation and Hate Speech
Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 39 pp.
"1. Expansive reach and influence of WhatsApp groups: The study findings indicate that WhatsApp groups have a remarkably wide reach, potentially connecting with three quarters of WhatsApp users in Lebanon. These groups are part of larger networks, which enhances the dissemination of content. Moreove
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Safer TikTok: Strategien im Umgang mit Antisemitismus und Hassrede auf TikTok
Frankfurt am Main: Bildungsstätte Anne Frank (2023), 53 pp.
"Verschwörungstheoretiker*innen, Antisemit*innen und Rassist*innen haben sich ein Standbein auf TikTok gebaut – das berichten Expert*innen und bildungspolitische Akteur*innen immer wieder. Besonders in Krisenzeiten hat diese Art Content Konjunktur – so etwa während der Corona-Pandamie oder der
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Social Media Platforms and Challenges for Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
Brussels: European Parliament, Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs (2023), 151 pp.
"This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines risks that contemporary social media - focusing in particular on the most widely-used platforms - present for democracy, the rul
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