Euronews: Spain to launch new tool to measure hate on social media. “Spain aims to introduce a new tool designed to measure hate speech on digital platforms, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed on Wednesday, an announcement which comes after he presented a bill to protect minors on the internet this year. This initiative forms part of a broader governmental strategy aimed at enhancing […]

Louis Theroux Explores the Influence and Profitability of the Manosphere Online

📰 Original title: Louis Theroux on the Manosphere: ‘It’s Highly Profitable to Be a Dick on the Internet’

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The Guardian: Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’. “The influencers claimed that daycare and other childcare facilities run by Somali Americans in Columbus, as in Minneapolis, are running fraudulent facilities that are misusing government funds. The state of Ohio contributes to the funding of around 5,200 childcare facilities.”

The Conversation: Digital media is using negativity to steal our attention — here’s how to reclaim it. “If you feel overwhelmed by the constant influx of bad news and find it difficult to focus on day-to-day tasks, that response is understandable. But research in psychology and cognitive science suggests there are ways to fight back against this and reclaim your attention.”

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Greenblatt outlines ADL's extensive monitoring operations and its collaboration with the FBI

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Spotted on Reddit: J6 Timeline ( https://j6times.com/ ). From the Reddit announcement: “Hey all! I’m a J6 researcher that worked with SH and thinks that the misinformation presented in the White House’s J6 timeline is absolutely ridiculous. So in response, I made my own, much more accurate, J6 timeline as a standalone website.” I don’t have an encyclopedia knowledge of J6, but I was in the […]

Northeastern University: Extremists are using video games as recruitment tools. The UN wants to fight back. “All the things that make video games great, like immersion, connectivity and identity-building, also make them prime real estate for bad actors. The United Nations is taking this challenge head-on in an attempt to fight terrorist and violent extremist organizations, like ISIS and Boko […]

#hate #hope #humanity #OnlineExtremism

'...the team of international researchers show that hate is not an inevitable aspect of human nature. Rather it is systematically built, mobilised and justified across generations.'

https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-research-shows-how-to-challenge-the-rising-tide-of-global-hate/

Gizmodo: X’s Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative, Researchers Find. “Posts that were conservative in nature were roughly 20% more likely to appear in an algorithmic feed, while those that were liberal were only 3.1% more likely. The contrast was even more pronounced when it came to the algorithm’s treatment of news.”

Daily Beast: ICE Barbie Hires Aide Whose Extreme Posts Freaked Out Colleagues. “In one December email, a public affairs official flagged backlash to a post that incorporated Confederate imagery and a Gothic typeface known as Fraktur, historically used in early Nazi publications. Other internal messages cited repeated references to phrases associated with QAnon, as well as spikes in extremist […]