News and Research articles on Hate speech

Volume 14, Issue 4

Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA

Jan Rau, Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) | Sub-Institute Hamburg
Jan-Ole Harfst, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
Tobias Mast, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
PUBLISHED ON: 8 Dec 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2054

This paper proposes a voluntary user badge that rewards commitment to civic norms in digital platform communication with increased visibility, aiming to enhance discourse quality and restructure attention distribution.

KEYWORDS: Platform governance, Fundamental rights, Hate speech, Risk mitigation measure, Digital Services Act
Volume 14, Issue 1

The role of civil society organisations in co-regulating online hate speech in the EU: A bounded empowerment

Barthélémy Michalon, Tecnologico de Monterrey
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.1.1826

Despite their active and growing involvement in monitoring the implementation of the “Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online”, civil society organisations have been barred from translating this expanded role into enhanced influence at the policy-making level.

KEYWORDS: Civil society organisations, Hate speech, Co-regulation, Social media platforms, Code of conduct
Volume 10, Issue 2

Information interventions and social media

Giovanni De Gregorio, University of Oxford
Nicole Stremlau, University of Oxford; University of Johannesburg
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Jun 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.2.1567

The spread of hate speech and disinformation on social media has contributed to inflaming conflicts and mass atrocities as seen in Myanmar. Is the doctrine of information intervention a solution to escalations of violence?

KEYWORDS: Social media, Hate speech, Content moderation, Conflicts, Responsibility to protect