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The Algorithm Is Lighting Fires, Regulation Is Asleep, and We’re Just Watching: The Breakdown of Hate Speech Governance

2025-04-13 Sixiang Dong 0

From Online Controversy to Offline Harm: How Hate Speech Crosses the Screen In 2019, two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, were attacked within minutes by an armed extremist, leaving 51 people dead. This horrific act […]

She with pink hair shouldn’t have died: How did social media hatred turn into a real tragedy?

2025-04-13 Binyue Ouyang 0

Tragedy turns China pink: The cost of online hate speech On July 13, 2022, Zheng Linghua, a 23-year-old girl from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, went to visit her bedridden grandfather with her master’s admission letter. To share […]

The Algorithm Trap: How TikTok’s Recommendation System Amplifies the Spread of Hate Speech

2025-04-06 Zhenkai Xia 0

Have you ever noticed that the content you come across on social media is becoming more and more extreme? If you have such a feeling, it’s not surprising at all. Many users have found, to […]