Complex challenge of extreme speech online can only be tackled if multiple stakeholders collaborate

We need evidence based policy and action, content moderation practices, alternative narratives and counter speech without compromising freedom of expression.

Elonnai Hickok

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Sahana Udupa

· Jun 21, 2019 · 12:30 pm

A taxonomy for misinformation: Why it is important to distinguish between its varied forms

There is an urgent need to distinguish between the varied forms of so-called ‘fake news’ as they would require different regulatory approaches.

Amber Sinha

· Jun 20, 2019 · 12:30 pm

India’s technology policy must shut out surveillance capitalism, revive democratic institutions

The current moment presents millennial India with an opportunity to shift the loci of the country’s technology policy.

Aasim Khan

· Jun 19, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Can artificial intelligence algorithms help regulate extreme speech?

Algorithmic interventions being made to tackle extreme speech online need to be made the focus of critical research.

Matti Pohjonen

· Jun 18, 2019 · 12:30 pm

To protect free speech while choking extreme speech, government policymaking must be collaborative

Policymaking processes should emphasise transparency and consultation, and the resulting policies should be underpinned by flexibility and collaboration.

Nikki Bourassa

· Jun 17, 2019 · 06:30 am

Civil society, industry and government must join hands to protect free speech, curb extreme speech

Our next challenge is to find the mix of tools and approaches that strengthen public discourse that work in the digital age.

Robert Faris

· May 27, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Debate over regulating right-wing extreme speech online must shift to harms such speech can cause

Prioritising free speech above the harms that extreme speech may cause has dominated the moderation strategies of social media platforms.

Bharath Ganesh

· May 26, 2019 · 08:00 am

Any regulation of online speech in India must safeguard the rights to free speech and privacy

The law should also enable a quick take-down of content determined as illegal by the judiciary or appropriate government agencies.

SFLC.in

· May 15, 2019 · 06:30 pm

To address extreme online content, especially of the political kind, an ecosystem approach is needed

The ecosystem around the creation of content, including that related to elections, as well as its dissemination, promotion and consumption is complex.

Elonnai Hickok

· May 14, 2019 · 06:30 pm

Fact-checking vigilantes in India are a bulwark against the move to a ‘post-truth’ world

The ecosystem of fact checking in India cuts across digital, television, and print media and even crosses over into the corporate domain.

Sangeet Kumar

· May 13, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Extreme speech: A people-centric approach will help hold governments, social media firms accountable

Globally, content moderation around extreme speech has been difficult partly because of its elusive formats, inability to account for context, coded language.

Sahana Udupa

· May 12, 2019 · 08:00 am

Strategies to tackle extreme speech on WhatsApp must bring together socio-political, digital worlds

Research has shown that the circulation of digital content characterised as ‘extreme speech’ informs everyday public opinion.

Lipika Kamra

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Philippa Williams

· May 11, 2019 · 08:00 am