Deplatforming, or banning malicious accounts from social media, is a key tool for moderating
online harms. However, the consequences of deplatforming for the wider social media …

Due to the severity of the social media offensive and hateful comments in Brazil, and the lack
of research in Portuguese, this paper provides the first large-scale expert annotated corpus …

Hate speech should be tackled and prosecuted based on how it is operationalized.
However, the existing theoretical definitions of hate speech are not sufficiently fleshed out or …

Tactics, Threats & Targets: Modeling Disinformation & its Mitigation Page 1 Tactics, Threats &
Targets: Modeling Disinformation & its Mitigation Shujaat Mirza, Liang Niu Paolo Papotti …

Social media and online discussion platforms suffer from the prevalence of uncivil behavior,
such as harassment and abuse, seeking to curb toxic comments. There are several …

WhatsApp created anew channel for smartphone users to consume and share news. The
easiness to create groups of people that partake similar interests and share content has …

Abstract Contrarian groups, notably Intellectual Dark Web, Alt-lite, and Alt-right, are present
across the Web, ranging from fringe websites to mainstream social media. Such massive …

Hindutva, the core political ideology of India's current ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), seeks to transform constitutionally secular India into a Hindu Rashtra (“Hindu nation”) …

Toxic comments have the potential to negatively impact individuals' mental health, self-
esteem, and overall well-being. Online bullying, hate speech, and harassment often result in …

Social media sites became an important channel to consume information, including news
articles. In this context, there are a growing number of outlets that present themselves as …