Published in Darwinian, Spring,2022
Author: Stefanie Ullmann
As harmful language continues to taint online communication, researchers and practitioners are acquiring new and more effective ways of combatting it. The documents revealed by Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen in October 2021 have only reinforced the already persistent impression that Facebook’s and other social media company’s current approaches to online hate speech are insufficient and continue to fail their users.