Join DSP Executive Director Susan Benesch, Dave Willner of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, and Justin Hendrix of Tech Policy Press for this webinar on counterspeech and AI, featuring counterspeaker Alena Helgeson (We Are Here Canada) and researchers Cathy Buerger (Dangerous Speech Project) and Maarten Sap (Carnegie Mellon University)
People don’t commit violence against other groups - or even condone it - spontaneously. First they must be taught to see other people as pests, vermin, aliens, or threats. Malicious leaders often use the same types of rhetoric to do this, in myriad cultures, languages, countries, and historical periods. We call this Dangerous Speech. Violence might be prevented by making it less abundant or less convincing. We work to find the best ways to do this – while protecting freedom of expression.
In 2023, India Hate Lab (IHL) documented 668 hate speech events targeting Muslims. Similarly, IHL recorded 255 of the events in the first half of 2023, while the number rose to 413 events in the second half of the year, a 62% increase.
This curriculum chapter from the Trust and Safety Professional Association helps tech company staff understand how to work with external partners. DSP Director of Operations Tonei Glavinic contributed.
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.
Disinformation and conspiracy theories have reached a level unwitnessed since the turmoil of the 1930s. This documentary portrays experts from the fields of technology, journalism, folklore and neuroscience – including DSP Executive Director Susan Benesch – who show that if you hack the information feed, you can hack somebody’s mind.
