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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Royal Holloway University of London: Disturbing findings in new study reveal unregulated internet platforms are a breeding ground for racism, misogyny and religious hate. “Platforms such as these remain breeding grounds for extreme ideologies, with the latest study delving into the troubling prevalence of hate speech on 4chan’s politically incorrect discussion board, known as /pol/, using […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/royal-holloway-university-of-london-disturbing-findings-in-new-study-reveal-unregulated-internet-platforms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-racism-misogyny-and-religious-hate/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/royal-holloway-university-of-london-disturbing-findings-in-new-study-reveal-unregulated-internet-platforms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-racism-misogyny-and-religious-hate/</a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/OnlineExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineExtremism</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> </p><p>'Academics at Royal Holloway have published a new report on how hate speech is still very much prevalent on unregulated, but well popular, platforms.'</p><p><a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/disturbing-findings-in-new-study-reveal-unregulated-internet-platforms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-racism-misogyny-and-religious-hate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/disturbing-findings-in-new-study-reveal-unregulated-internet-platforms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-racism-misogyny-and-religious-hate/</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, Tamar Mitts for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@time" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>time</span></a></span> breaks down why the fight against online extremism always fails and why we need to understand that the issue "is bigger than any one site can handle."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/qS0RGQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/qS0RGQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OnlineExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineExtremism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: Reddit sports mods, users calling for a ban on X links in posts. “In the fallout of Elon Musk’s baffling appearance during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a curious new front in the ongoing online culture war has emerged: a push by Reddit sports mods and users to ban links to X (formerly known as Twitter).”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/22/mashable-reddit-sports-mods-users-calling-for-a-ban-on-x-links-in-posts/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/22/mashable-reddit-sports-mods-users-calling-for-a-ban-on-x-links-in-posts/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>NPR: Extremism researchers: ‘momfluencers’ push hate messages alongside wholesome content . “NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with extremism researcher Eviane Leidig about how some white nationalist housewives are using social media to normalize and amplify their beliefs.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/08/extremism-researchers-momfluencers-push-hate-messages-alongside-wholesome-content-npr/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/08/extremism-researchers-momfluencers-push-hate-messages-alongside-wholesome-content-npr/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>New Arab: French police arrest three Algerians in crackdown on social media influencers. “A police dragnet in France has swept up three Algerian men described by authorities as social media influencers accused of posting videos inciting violence against a backdrop of soured relations between Paris and its former colony in North Africa.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/new-arab-french-police-arrest-three-algerians-in-crackdown-on-social-media-influencers/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/new-arab-french-police-arrest-three-algerians-in-crackdown-on-social-media-influencers/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Techdirt: Twitter Briefly Blocked The NY Post, Elon Cried Foul. Now He’s Doing Far Worse. “When Elon Musk took over Twitter, one of his primary stated goals was to ‘bring back free speech’ to the platform. He was particularly critical of how Twitter had briefly blocked links to a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020. But now, the self-proclaimed ‘free speech absolutist’ […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/techdirt-twitter-briefly-blocked-the-ny-post-elon-cried-foul-now-hes-doing-far-worse/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/techdirt-twitter-briefly-blocked-the-ny-post-elon-cried-foul-now-hes-doing-far-worse/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>BBC: Telegram pushes extremist groups to users – study. “The report, from the US civil rights organisation the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), found that the ‘similar channels’ feature introduced last year recommends extremist channels even to users browsing subjects such as celebrities or technology.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/17/bbc-telegram-pushes-extremist-groups-to-users-study/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/17/bbc-telegram-pushes-extremist-groups-to-users-study/</a></p>
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