Digital media are critical for contemporary activism—even low-effort “clicktivism” is politically
consequential and contributes to offline participation. We argue that in the United States and …

Data-driven and machine learning based approaches for detecting, categorising and
measuring abusive content such as hate speech and harassment have gained traction due …

Social media may limit the exposure to diverse perspectives and favor the formation of
groups of like-minded users framing and reinforcing a shared narrative, that is, echo …

Hate speech is a challenging issue plaguing the online social media. While better models
for hate speech detection are continuously being developed, there is little research on the …

Extreme, anti-establishment actors are being characterized increasingly as 'dangerous
individuals' by the social media platforms that once aided in making them into 'Internet …

Hate speech is considered to be one of the major issues currently plaguing the online social
media. With online hate speech culminating in gruesome scenarios like the Rohingya …

Deplatforming refers to the permanent ban of controversial public figures with large
followings on social media sites. In recent years, platforms like Facebook, Twitter and …

Since the advent of the Internet, right-wing extremists and those who subscribe to extreme
right views have exploited online platforms to build a collective identity among the like …

A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored
ones, are weaponizing information on Online Social Networks to run false-information …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in unprecedented ways. In
the face of the projected catastrophic consequences, many countries have enacted social …