3 papers
cs.CY2024
Assessing How Hate, Counterspeech, and Toxicity Affect Hate Group Newcomers
Daniel Hickey, Matheus Schmitz, Daniel M. T. Fessler +4
Counterspeech has gained attention as a strategy to reduce hate speech on social media. Although previous studies suggest that counterspeech can reduce hate speech, little is known…
cs.SI2024
The Peripatetic Hater: Predicting Movement Among Hate Subreddits
Daniel Hickey, Daniel M. T. Fessler, Kristina Lerman +1
Many online hate groups exist to disparage others based on race, gender identity, sex, or other characteristics. The accessibility of these communities allows users to join multipl…
cs.SI2023
Auditing Elon Musk's Impact on Hate Speech and Bots
Daniel Hickey, Matheus Schmitz, Daniel Fessler +3
On October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, becoming its new CEO and firing many top executives in the process. Musk listed fewer restrictions on content moderation and rem…