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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/06/2025
President Trump has ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty for every undocumented migrant accused of a capital crime – but not all U.S. citizens similarly charged. Cathy Buerger argues that Trump’s order is an attempt to codify his dangerous speech toward migrants.
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How Trump’s Death Penalty Order Codifies Dangerous Speech
Tying the harshest punishment the state can impose to the identity of the accused is dangerous speech that can increase intergroup violence.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 21/03/2025
One year ago we published an oped against deliberate mass starvation of civilians in Gaza. Appallingly, that grave crime is still underway www.dangerousspeech.org/libraries/op...
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OP-ED: Israel Can - and Must - Fight Hamas Without Starving Gazan Civilians to Death
Israel's sluggish delivery of food aid to Gaza is unconscionable: it is tantamount to torturing civilians.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
We are seeing the migration of online instigation to offline consequences in near real time, realising what the @dangerousspeech.org framework warns us. What's imagined, & called for, is often realised far quicker than many believe possible, esp. in (New Zealand's) current information environment.
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Photos of hooded people believed to have vandalised K Rd rainbow released
The prominent pride flag across the road on the famed street appears to have been coated in white paint.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 21/03/2024
‼️ Out now in @haaretzcom: “For all the agonizing days since October 7, Israel and Gaza have been the subject of a battle of words alongside the actual war,” writes Susan Benesch.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 20/03/2024
The internet is a resource that’s inseparable from our day to day lives. #NetNeutrality protections are critical to ensuring everyone benefits from the internet. Join us in telling the @FCC that we need to restore net neutrality now. bit.ly/3SkhIQ9
LETTER: 100 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL ON FCC TO RESTORE NET NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONSFIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
Join us in telling the FCC to restore #NetNeutrality protections NOW.

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
Latest article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/the-bloodb... merges political critique, as only he can, with - though he doesn't refer to it as such - the dangerous speech @dangerousspeech.org framework around inciting violence. It's extremely worrying for US, & rest of us too.
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The Bloodbath Candidate
In Context, Trump is Worse
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
The dangerous speech @dangerousspeech.org framework teaches us that when those in authority dog whistle or more explicitly signal certain things, extremists immediately pick it up, amplify, spread, and normalise. Today, a white supremacist man based in NZ railed against DEI in a YouTube video.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 12/03/2024
As Susan Benesch and Ethan Zuckerman wrote in their op-ed, “The best way to protect people from harms engendered by TikTok (and other social media platforms) is to unleash researchers so they can build up knowledge collectively.” dangerousspeech.org/to-protect-p...
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To protect people from TikTok, don’t ban it. Study it.
The best way to protect people from harms engendered by TikTok (and other social media platforms) is to unleash researchers so they can build up knowledge collectively. That
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 11/03/2024
“Online debate shouldn’t be outsourced to AI, even though there’s excited buzz about this prospect, and several university teams are building AI tools to respond to digital hatred.” techpolicy.press/can-ai-rescu...
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Can AI Rescue Democracy? Nope, it’s Not Funny Enough | TechPolicy.Press
AI can’t do the thing that is essential for democratic civic and political life: engaging and debating other people, write Susan Benesch and Cathy Buerger.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Around 12 mins 54 secs, the following exchange takes place. Given the media, & political culture in New Zealand, it's an extraordinary invocation of violence, & what The Disinformation Project studies as 'dangerous speech'. @dangerousspeech.org To his credit, interviewee doesn't wholly endorse term.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
Role Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines played in the Rwandan genocide is vital to remember - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm68... The work of @dangerousspeech.org, which TDP uses as a foundational framework, notes how content, & commentary inciting a violent othering, normalises violence. Always.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 16/02/2024
Our researchers saw an increase in rhetoric by influential right-wing speakers around the idea that Biden is doing exactly what Democrats accuse Trump of – violating the U.S. Constitution, behaving like a dictator, and endangering democracy.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 15/02/2024
Political speech on the far right continues to emphasize the need for increased use of force. Audiences are directed to “prepare for war,” and to “guard the polls like soldiers,” along with numerous calls for the national guard to man polling stations.
https://dangerousspeech.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Elections-Research.pdfAcross topics, political speech on the far right continues to emphasize the
need for increased use of force.https://dangerousspeech.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Elections-Research.pdf
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 13/02/2024
📰 Yesterday's op-ed in the L.A. Times drew from a key finding of January's election research brief. 🧐
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 12/02/2024
‼️ OUT TODAY in the L.A. Times👇 Many Americans believe migrants bring fentanyl across the border. That’s wrong and dangerous www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 26/01/2024
Among other steps it ordered, the Court directed Israel to do all it can to prevent and punish incitement to genocide. This would be a vital and dramatic change since the Israeli president, minister of defense and other top leaders have publicly described all two million Gazans as mortal enemies.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 17/01/2024
‼️TOMORROW👇 dangerousspeech.org/event-counte...
https://peacethroughactionusa.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/peace-through-action-events-counterspeech-countering-online-hate-in-the-2024-elections-january-18-2024-from-7-00-8-00-pm-et
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 12/01/2024
We've signed the X-last pledge by @indivisibleguide.bsky.social 👉 Check out their low-risk approach to divesting from the platform, and finding safer online spaces 😊👇 xlast.org
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Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
spoke to KCBS yesterday about Trump's language and immigration policy. This language is not innocent. It is very dangerous because it licenses violence. omny.fm/shows/kcbsam... @dangerousspeech.org Polisky Skystorians
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Dangerous speech. x.com/mluckovichaj... @dangerousspeech.org
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 05/01/2024
Professor Aynul Islam and Executive Director Susan Benesch identify dangerous speech leading up to the January 7th elections in Bangladesh, supported by a new dataset created in collaboration between the DSP and Professor Aynul Islam’s team. dangerousspeech.org/on-the-brink...
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 22/12/2023
Thrilled to welcome Brandi Geurkink as executive director of the Coalition of Independent Tech Research (CITR)! 🥳 independenttechresearch.org/welcoming-br...
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 19/12/2023
‼️ Valuable insights into Trump’s most recent anti-immigration rhetoric from Election Fellow @afilindra.bsky.social ⬇️
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 07/12/2023
“It suggests that the outcome of the election is foregone. It’s been decided. Is it actually guarding the election against fraud, or is it guarding the election against a result in which Trump is not declared the winner?” - Executive Director Susan Benesch apnews.com/article/trum...
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 05/12/2023
The Israel-Hamas war has spawned hateful, violent and even genocidal comments, both in person and online. Executive Director Susan Benesch offers suggestions for Christian leaders to recognize and undermine it. faithandleadership.com/how-identify...
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
GNI expresses deep concern on the serious restrictions to #freedomofexpression taking place in the context of the Hamas and Israel conflict. We call on all actors to respect intl law and work to ensure civilian connectivity to ICT services. Our statement: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
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GNI Statement on the Communications Restrictions in Gaza
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) expresses deep concern regarding the serious restrictions to freedom of expression taking place in the context of the conflict between Hamas and Israel. In particul...
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
My old friend @eoghan.bsky.social captures what @amanthap.bsky.social will immediately recognise too, & what @dangerousspeech.org studies: how offline violence rapidly shrinks space for civil discourse dealing with complexity, incl. multiple truths, & how this playing out online, informs more hate.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 14/11/2023
On Veteran’s Day, Trump posted on Truth Social:
Donald Trump said, “we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American Dream."
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 06/11/2023
🗣️ REGISTRATION ENDS TODAY ‼️⬇️ 🥰 The DSP is thrilled to be facilitating this workshop in Kenya next month. Keep an eye out for more content as the event approaches, and we look forward to meeting you there! ✈️🤗
Build Peace 2023. Identifying Countering Dangerous Speech towards Vulnerable Groups in Kenya.
Date: Dec. 1st - 3rd, 2023
Location: Nairobi Kenya
https://howtobuildpeace.org/attend-the-conference/register/Identifying & Countering Dangerous Speech Towards Vulnerable Groups in Kenya at the BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
Participants will learn a variety of approaches to digital peacebuilding and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using them to counter hatred and prevent violence.

https://howtobuildpeace.org/attend-the-conference/register/https://howtobuildpeace.org/attend-the-conference/register/
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Many New Zealanders like to believe they are inherently better than/different to/inoculated against worst of other countries. But in brief overview of research on why US faces epidemic of violence, path dependencies of NZ's infodemic-led truth decay are v. similar: www.newsroom.co.nz/quarter-of-c...
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Often wonder why the language used in journalism to capture democratic deficit in Sri Lanka, & other Global South countries, aren't used more or at all with the United States. Excerpts from yesterday's writing, referencing a chilling Reuters article from August: www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
30 June to 29 Sept is just *91 days*. That's how short of a time a misogynistic, violent othering, & racist commentary laced dangerous speech informed offline violence. @dangerousspeech.org's framework, which The Disinfo Project uses, explains incitement online, invariably leads to offline harms.
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Dangerous Speech: A Practical Guide
This guide – updated for 2019 – provides an in-depth exploration of dangerous speech and how to identify it, dangerous speech on the internet, and some promising efforts to reduce the h…
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Was always the point www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks
The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political disinformation but also the quality of medical informa...
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 25/09/2023
“A U.S. official said threats since then have risen more than 300 percent, in part because the identities of employees, and information about them, are being spread online.” ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/u...
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 25/09/2023
Thank you so much for your continued work identifying dangerous speech @sanjanah.bsky.social !
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 19/09/2023
💯👉 “Schneier’s declaration stressed that banning TikTok is not only ineffective and unnecessary, it is counterproductive.” 👏👏 www.justsecurity.org/88301/a-lead...
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Why Banning TikTok is Ineffective, Unnecessary, and Counterproductive
Bruce Schneier filed a declaration in support of a Knight Institute complaint against Texas' ban on TikTok for public university employees.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 19/09/2023
‼️This Friday at 10am!👇 
👉 From @oversightboard.bsky.social and Berkman Klein Center @harvard.bsky.social : www.eventbrite.com/e/now-next-p... 🎟 This is a hybrid event, with limited in-person space, so be sure to register ASAP 😉🔗
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Now & Next: Platform Accountability and Content Governance - Public Session
Please join the Institute for Rebooting Social Media and the Oversight Board for Now & Next: Platform Accountability and Content Governance.
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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · 18/09/2023
Since 2020, I’ve been at the epicenter of a wide-reaching campaign to intimidate social media platforms into backing away from their investments in safety and security. It worked. New from me (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/o...
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Opinion | I Was Attacked by Trump and Musk. It Was a Strategy to Change What You See Online.
Yoel Roth argues that his experiences being attacked by Trump and Musk were part of a greater strategy — one that is changing what all of us see online.
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Dangerous Speech Project @handle.invalid · 14/09/2023
From Susan Benesch and @ethanz.bsky.social : “In a lawsuit brought by the Coalition for Independent Tech and the @knightcolumbia.org challenging Texas’ TikTok ban, the groups argue that the ban violates the constitutional rights of public university professors.” dangerousspeech.org/to-protect-p...
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