Mother Jones: Grok’s Leering Pictures Are the Newest Version of an Old Problem . “And now, of course, there’s Grok, the generative AI tool created by Elon Musk’s X, which has been embroiled in a scandal over users using its new graphics-editing feature to create gross images of women—and, crucially, to put those manipulated images on Twitter, where other people can see them, because […]

What it’s like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/19/1131384/what-its-like-to-be-banned-from-the-us-for-fighting-online-hate/

#OnlineHate

"#NEWYORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#BaruchCollege today announced a new $75,000 gift from #AddressHate, a vanguard not-for-profit that uses new, technological methodologies to disrupt the spread of #onlinehate, to support The #AntisemitismStudies Laboratory housed within #Baruch’s Sandra Kahn Wasserman #Jewish Studies Center. This new commitment from the AddressHate initiative will deepen Baruch’s capacity to study and confront the escalating urgency of contemporary #antisemitism—particularly as it spreads"

FYI: This is just a press release and the quote is the entire content. No need to open the link unless you want to peruse other press releases or other content.

https://weeklyvoice.com/addresshates-early-investment-catalyzes-nearly-500000-in-funding-for-baruch-colleges-antisemitism-studies-lab/#google_vignette

Is UKGOV calling the White House a nonce?
Because they should!

#UKGOV #WhiteHouse #OnlineHate #Disinfomation #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Trump #Nonces #FreeSpeech

Until you all come off that website you're not convincing anyone that you're standing up to Fascist America, it's just a fucking website you absolute chicken-shit clown-fucks.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/macron-eu-condemn-us-visa-bans-row-censorship-escalates

#Twitter #SocialMedia #Macron #EUPol #SocialMedia #Disinfomation #OnlineHate #Fascism #USPOL #USPOLITICS

📢 Prof. Joe Walther (UC Santa Barbara) will speak in Duisburg on 11 Dec, 10:00 (LE 104) about online hate — and why it often targets fellow haters rather than victims. 💥👥
Curious how this affects discourse and trust online? Join us for insights that matter beyond academia.
➡️ What’s your biggest question about online hate?
#OnlineHate #DigitalSociety #CommunicationResearch #MediaStudies #UARuhr #ResearchTalk #SocialMediaStudies #TrustOnline

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Mashable: Grokipedia sourcing info from the internet’s biggest neo-Nazi forum, researchers say. “Elon Musk’s anti-woke Wikipedia rival, Grokipedia, is pulling information from widely blacklisted sources and known neo-Nazi sites, according to two researchers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/mashable-grokipedia-sourcing-info-from-the-internets-biggest-neo-nazi-forum-researchers-say/

This is an interesting but sad article which shows how bad #socialmedia influence can often be, and its consequences.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/sweden-online-hate-anti-immigrant-extremism-women
#sweden #onlinehate #politics #trolls #extremism