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 […]

Sky News: Grok posts about fatal football disasters ‘sickening’, says government. “A Sky News analysis of the chatbot’s public responses shows highly offensive AI-generated replies with profanities about Islam and Hinduism – disparaging the religions with racist vitriol.”

Players Face Racist Abuse on Social Media Over the Weekend

Four football players, Tolu Arokodare, Romaine Mundle, Wesley Fofana, and Hannibal Mejbri, were victims of racist abuse on social media this past weekend. Clubs and leagues condemn the acts.

#StopRacism, #FootballAbuse, #PremierLeague, #OnlineHate, #PlayerWelfare

https://newsletter.tf/football-players-face-racist-abuse-online/

Four Premier League players faced racist abuse online this past weekend. This is a rise in incidents compared to previous weeks.

#StopRacism, #FootballAbuse, #PremierLeague, #OnlineHate, #PlayerWelfare

https://newsletter.tf/football-players-face-racist-abuse-online/

CODED LANGUAGE STATT OFFENER PROPAGANDA

VOX-Pol untersucht, wie rechtsextreme Inhalte auf TikTok über indirekte Begriffe und kulturelle Codes verbreitet werden.

Der Artikel (Englisch) zeigt, warum scheinbar harmlose Begriffe in bestimmten Kontexten klare politische Signale tragen können.

https://voxpol.eu/coded-language-dog-whistles-tiktok-far-right/

Wie sichtbar ist dieses Phänomen eurer Einschätzung nach?

#Rechtsextremismus #DigitaleExtremismen #TikTok #OnlineHate #SCENOR

CODED LANGUAGE IS CENTRAL TO FAR-RIGHT COMMUNICATION ONLINE.

Dog whistles on TikTok help extremist actors signal ideology without explicit messaging.

Read more: https://voxpol.eu/coded-language-dog-whistles-tiktok-far-right/

Have you noticed this kind of indirect messaging online?

#Extremism #FarRight #TikTok #OnlineHate #Radicalisation

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