Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Pace University
Research interests: Global Communication; News and American Politics; Social Movements; Propaganda and Hate Speech; Political-Economy of Media Systems
Social networks aim to erase hate but miss the target on guns
Jul 22, 2020 12:25 pm UTC| Technology
As Facebook faces down a costly boycott campaign demanding the social network do more to combat hate speech, CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced plans to ban a wider category of hateful content in ads. Twitter, YouTube...
Fear, more than hate, feeds online bigotry and real-world violence
Nov 26, 2018 17:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
When a U.S. senator asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Can you define hate speech? it was arguably the most important question that social networks face: how to identify extremism inside their communities. Hate crimes...
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