President Trump has ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty for every undocumented migrant accused of a capital crime – but not all U.S. citizens similarly charged.
Cathy Buerger argues that Trump’s order is an attempt to codify his dangerous speech toward migrants.
One year ago we published an oped against deliberate mass starvation of civilians in Gaza. Appallingly, that grave crime is still underway www.dangerousspeech.org/libraries/op...
We are seeing the migration of online instigation to offline consequences in near real time, realising what the @dangerousspeech.org framework warns us. What's imagined, & called for, is often realised far quicker than many believe possible, esp. in (New Zealand's) current information environment.
Read the full op-ed here: dangerousspeech.org/op-ed-israel...
What’s happening is tantamount to torturing civilians. Israel – and the United States – must act to relieve needless suffering and death.
But fighting will only stop when both sides agree to it, or Hamas is crushed, and neither is likely soon. Meanwhile, nearly two million people are enduring tremendous suffering.
‼️ Out now in @haaretzcom: “For all the agonizing days since October 7, Israel and Gaza have been the subject of a battle of words alongside the actual war,” writes Susan Benesch.
LETTER: 100 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL ON FCC TO RESTORE NET NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONS
FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE Join us in telling the FCC to restore #NetNeutrality protections NOW. linktr.ee/dangerousspeech
The internet is a resource that’s inseparable from our day to day lives. #NetNeutrality protections are critical to ensuring everyone benefits from the internet. Join us in telling the @FCC that we need to restore net neutrality now.
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Latest article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/the-bloodb... merges political critique, as only he can, with - though he doesn't refer to it as such - the dangerous speech @dangerousspeech.org framework around inciting violence. It's extremely worrying for US, & rest of us too.
The dangerous speech @dangerousspeech.org framework teaches us that when those in authority dog whistle or more explicitly signal certain things, extremists immediately pick it up, amplify, spread, and normalise. Today, a white supremacist man based in NZ railed against DEI in a YouTube video.
We have signed the ACLU’s letter to the House of Representatives with a coalition of other orgs, which you can read here: www.aclu.org/documents/co...
Banning TikTok could have an even more dire impact in an election year: it's a hub for news and information that will be critical to ensuring eligible voters have the right information and are not susceptible to mis- and dis-information. #DontBanTikTok
As Susan Benesch and Ethan Zuckerman wrote in their op-ed, “The best way to protect people from harms engendered by TikTok (and other social media platforms) is to unleash researchers so they can build up knowledge collectively.”
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“We have found myriad other examples of counterspeech that are too nimble, subtle, empathetic, funny – too human – to be replicated by AI.”
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“Online debate shouldn’t be outsourced to AI, even though there’s excited buzz about this prospect, and several university teams are building AI tools to respond to digital hatred.”
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Around 12 mins 54 secs, the following exchange takes place. Given the media, & political culture in New Zealand, it's an extraordinary invocation of violence, & what The Disinformation Project studies as 'dangerous speech'. @dangerousspeech.org To his credit, interviewee doesn't wholly endorse term.
Role Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines played in the Rwandan genocide is vital to remember - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm68... The work of @dangerousspeech.org, which TDP uses as a foundational framework, notes how content, & commentary inciting a violent othering, normalises violence. Always.
Follow along as we release our monthly briefs throughout the 2024 U.S. elections: dangerousspeech.org/research/202...
Using expert researchers and #AI software designed to search 20+ unmoderated online platforms, Director of Research Cathy Buerger is leading a novel effort to find and analyze dangerous speech as it emerges, and share the information with counterspeakers and others countering hatred.
As the 2024 U.S. election approaches - alongside dozens of other elections around the world - there is an increasing possibility of intergroup violence, along with increasing dangerous speech.
In the examples above, Republicans are, in essence, accusing Democrats of using this rhetorical technique – claiming that Donald Trump and his supporters are violating people’s rights, when rather, it is Democrats who are doing so.
This is an interesting iteration of the dangerous speech hallmark “accusation in a mirror: attributing to one’s enemies the very acts of violence the speaker hopes to commit against them: dangerousspeech.org/guide/
Our researchers saw an increase in rhetoric by influential right-wing speakers around the idea that Biden is doing exactly what Democrats accuse Trump of – violating the U.S. Constitution, behaving like a dictator, and endangering democracy.
Follow along as we release our monthly briefs: dangerousspeech.org/research/202...
Using expert researchers and #AI software designed to search 20+ unmoderated online platforms, Director of Research Cathy Buerger is leading a novel effort to find and analyze dangerous speech as it emerges, and share the information with counterspeakers and others countering hatred.
As the 2024 U.S. election approaches – alongside dozens of other elections around the world – there is an increasing possibility of intergroup violence, along with increasing dangerous speech.
The juxtaposition of the election denial protests with the conflict between state and federal forces over the southern border adds fuel to a unified conspiracy theory of tyrannical, anti-democratic, government overreach.
https://dangerousspeech.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Elections-Research.pdf
Across topics, political speech on the far right continues to emphasize the need for increased use of force.
https://dangerousspeech.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Elections-Research.pdf
Political speech on the far right continues to emphasize the need for increased use of force. Audiences are directed to “prepare for war,” and to “guard the polls like soldiers,” along with numerous calls for the national guard to man polling stations.
We will continue to release our monthly election research findings here: dangerousspeech.org/research/202...
January 2024 Research Brief: Dangerous Speech & the 2024 U.S. Election
Our January 2024 findings: 1. Speech that connects drugs and the outgroup 2. Speech suggesting a need for increased militarization 3. Speech that portrays President Joe Biden and the left as "threats to democracy" 4. Claims that dissent is being criminalized 5. Dehumanizing speech against trans people
Using expert researchers and software designed to search 20+ unmoderated online platforms, Director of Research Cathy Buerger is leading a novel effort to find and analyze dangerous speech as it emerges, and share the information with counterspeakers and others countering hatred.