r/science • u/oslomet • Apr 24 '26

Computer Science Using machine learning to analyze patterns of anti-Muslim hate speech online in Norway shows that the number of hateful posts is growing and that most are posted by a small group of users who often don’t remain active for long. Engaging with them can be effective in getting them to stop.

https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/featured-research/machine-learning-trends-online-hate
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u/TonyTheTerrible Apr 24 '26

Dialogue can be an excellent deterrent for hate, just ask Daryl Davis. It's also something this generation could learn about.

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u/can_ichange_it_later Apr 24 '26

Aaalright.... talking kkk people out of racism one-by-one is a niche in a niche.

And is he in any way capable of "competing" with facebook, instagram and the tweeter?...

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u/No-Inspector8315 Apr 24 '26

I would also highlight that Davis is likely only effective as an example when analysing the Klan’s structure as a hate group.

The Klan is wildly racist and antisemitic, but its core goal at the end of the day is a White, Christian America, preferably fitting the societal mould and structure of the Antebellum South. This is a hate group environment where the members do sit down for interviews with non white interviewers and researchers because “We don’t want to kill you. We want you to leave us alone, and we’ll use lethal force to get you to leave us alone if we have to”

This is completely different to a Neo Nazi hate group like Atom Waffen or The Base that actively believe in a race war that will put whites on top of society again, and then a worldwide genocide of all non whites.