News and Research articles on Responsibility to protect

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