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Instagram’s Algorithm is Amplifying Misogyny—We Need to Talk About It

2025-04-13 Yuqi Wang 0

How social media’s engagement-driven algorithms are fueling online hate against women Batra, A. (2023, August 9). What challenger brands can (and should) do about online hate speech. Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/what-challenger-brands-can-about-online-hate-speech-1234810976 Imagine waking up every morning […]

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Time to Act: Strengthening Content Moderation on Platform X is Required

2025-04-10 Jiayao Zhang 0

Have you ever seen some malicious posts or comments against a certain group while using social media? Do you remember how you felt? Dr Ally Louks, a student at the University of Cambridge, finally completed […]

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Hate Speech, Online Harm and the Crisis of Digital Governance Behind the Assassination of a Japanese Student in Shenzhen

2025-04-08 Zehua Ren 0

The 18th of September 2024 is not an ordinary day but a heavy historical memory in the heart of every Chinese person—the 18th of September 1931, when Japan launched its aggression and occupied the Manchurian […]

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How Loving Genshin Impact Became Shameful: Online Hate Speech, Platform Silence, and the Making of a Mocked Fandom

2025-04-07 Yijie Mao 0

“You still playing Genshin Impact?” The statement sounds harmless, or even just out of curious concern. However, these words often alerted the players of Genshin Impact immediately. Because such discussions, in the experience of these […]

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The Invisible Scars of Hate Speech: Gendered and Ethnic Hate Speech in Vietnam’s Digital Spaces

2025-04-07 Viet Bach Nguyen 0

How social media, biased algorithms, and weak moderation systems normalize hate speech against women, minorities, and regional identities in Vietnam—and what we can do about it. Let’s face it—scrolling through social media in Vietnam can […]

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The price of “traffic dominance”: Platforms should not become hotbeds of hate speech and online harms.

2025-04-07 Yuheng Qiu 0

Online harms are now a great cause for concern.The major platforms seem to follow the principle of “traffic first”, condoning the dissemination of malicious content for the sake of traffic and not dealing well with online harm.Does such behaviour mean we are acquiescing to distorted digital culture? How can we face and change it next time? […]

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