The identification of Hate Speech in Social Media is of great importance and receives much
attention in the text classification community. There is a huge demand for research for …

This paper explores the creation, management and moderation of women-only online
groups as digital safe spaces. We interview eleven founders and moderators of six distinct …

Hate speech should be tackled and prosecuted based on how it is operationalized.
However, the existing theoretical definitions of hate speech are not sufficiently fleshed out or …

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 …

A number of issues have emerged related to how platforms moderate and mitigate “harm.”
Although platforms have recently developed more explicit policies in regard to what …

Social media is considered a particularly conducive arena for hate speech, a form of
communication often linked to the radical right. The goal of this study is to offer an empirical …

Hate speech is a phenomenon that affects communication and undermines multicultural
society by disrupting intercultural engagement. The internet's euphoria allows media around …

Receiving Facebook post engagement–such as likes, comments and shares–is crucial in
order to succeed online, perhaps especially for political actors. However, online …

Social media are critical to election campaigns, but they also expose candidates to incivility
and abuse. While there is a growing literature on online incivility faced by politicians, little is …

For a well-functioning and inclusive democracy, it is crucial that minority voices can
participate in public debate and express their opinions through the news media. However …