Resources on Hate Speech, Radicalization, Misinformation, & Disinformation

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Disinformation and misinformation are problems societies have faced long before the invention of the internet and social media. However, the power of “going viral” on social media has enabled misinformation to spread at a speed we have never before seen.

It is the impact of the fast-paced development of computing technologies that prompted the IEEE Computer Society to bring together researchers, experts, and policymakers to discuss approaches to these critical problems in its tech form, Mitigating Societal Harms in a Social Media World held September 2021.

Many during the tech forum requested access to the resources addressed by our speakers. We’ve worked together to make these resources available to all. Be sure to check back in the next few months for more content on the important issues addressed, including hate speech, radicalization, misinformation, and disinformation. We will continue to add resources periodically, so we ask you to bookmark this page and check in regularly for updates.

 

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Resources on Misinformation and Disinformation

For better access to learning about topics in hate speech, radicalization, misinformation, and disinformation, we have compiled and organized additional resources provided by speakers from each panel discussion.

 

Resources shared by speakers from Mitigating Societal Harm

Table of Contents:

1. Hate Speech
2. Radicalization
3. Misinformation
4. Disinformation
5. DADA Mass Manipulation Lecture
6. SMISC Publications (coming soon!)

 

Hate Speech

• Online Hate Prevention Institute – The Committee of Experts on combatting hate speech (ADI/MSI-DIS) held its third meeting via videoconference
• Online Hate Prevention Institute – Hate and violent extremism from an online subculture
• Online Hate Prevention Institute – Measuring the hate: the state of antisemitism in social media
• Online Hate Prevention Institute – Islamophobia on the internet: the growth of online hate targeting Muslims
• UNESCDOC – Anti-Muslim hate interim report
• United Nations – Hate speech, social media, and minorities
• Council on Foreign Relations – Social media and online speech: how should countries regulate tech giants?

 

Radicalization

• CDTEU – Open letter regarding the proposal for regulation on terrorist content online
• American Jewish Congress – AJC report ties Capitol storming to neo-nazi, QAnon, and antisemitic activity (report)
• American Jewish Congress – Radicalization exodus
• Government of Sweden – Malmo Forum on Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism

 

Misinformation

• Center for Strategic & International Studies – Fighting Europe’s COVID-19 infodemic: the role of social media platforms
• Center for Strategic & International Studies – European Union to social media: regulate or be regulated
• Center for Strategic & International Studies – No easy way out for social media companies under the new Hong Kong National Security Law
• UNESCDOC – Letting the sun shine in: transparency and accountability in the digital age
• Brookings – Social media companies need better emergency protocols
• Brookings – A dispute resolution program for social media companies (report)
• Brookings – The consequences of social media’s giant experiment
• Brookings – Regulating free speech on social media is dangerous and futile
• FedSoc – Can fake news be regulated? (policy brief)
• FedSoc – Social Media Content Control
• FedSoc – Regulating Big Tech: Should Social Media Platforms Be Viewpoint Neutral? Should the Government Care?
• FedSoc – Is Common Carrier the solution to social media censorship?
• The Information – To regulate social media, forget net neutrality
• CATO – Why the government should not regulate content moderation of social media
• Brookings – The role of technology in online misinformation (report)
• Council on Foreign Relations – Trump and Section 230: what to know

 

Disinformation

• 82 Tools that fight disinformation online
• CDTEU – Section 230 and competition policy are inextricably intertwined
• Information Technology & Innovation Foundation – ITIF proposes Section 230 reform that holds internet platforms responsible for their conduct, not for users’ speech
• Heritage Foundation – Response to preventing online censorship executive order
• Heritage Foundation – Media Censorship
• Center for Strategic & International Studies – Promote and build: a strategic approach to digital authoritarianism

 

Defense Against the Dark Arts of Mass Manipulation Through New Media (12-course lecture)

1. Lecture 1 – Propaganda
2. Lecture 2 – Rumors
3. Lecture 3 – Character Assassination
4. Lecture 4 – Forgeries and Disinformation
5. Lecture 5 – Misinformation
6. Lecture 6 – The Golden Age of Con
7. Lecture 7 – Deceptive Practices
8. Lecture 8 – Political Campaigning
9. Lecture 9 – Digital Advertising
10. Lecture 10 – Desire to Conspire
11. Lecture 11 – It’s a Mad MADCOM World
12. Lecture 12 – Method to the Madness

 

Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) Publications

Coming soon! We have more than 100 publications from the University of Southern California, Indiana University, Georgia Tech, IBM, Sentimetrix, and Systems and Technology research from the DARPA Social Media In Strategic Communication program. Please, bookmark this page and return regularly to be first in line for more research and resources we are adding.

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