A Group of Youth Learn Why and How to Disrupt Online Discourses and Social Media Propaganda Around Syrian Refugees

Naffi, Nadia; Davidson, Ann-Louise

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50949-1_2

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“…Those organizations include GLAAD, the antidefamation league, Media Matters for America, the United Nations, and the California Attorney General other vulnerable populations, as being disproportionally targeted by hate speech and argue that those users deserve safe spaces to interact online. Articles were particularly critical of Facebook's alleged laxity in the matter of LGBTQ+ hate speech detection 48 , with certain celebrities, like singer Elton John, inviting users to boycott the platform in 2018 49 . Facebook was also criticized for introducing its "real name" policy in 2014, which negatively impacted LGBTQ+ communities, and drag artists in particular, who often employ online alter egos 50 .…”

Section: Filtering Algorithms and The Politics Of Lgbtq+ Acceptabilitymentioning

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Mapping the social implications of platform algorithms for LGBTQ+ communities

Myles,

Duguay,

Flores Echaiz

2023

JDSR

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LGBTQ+ communities were among the first to appropriate the Internet to experiment with their identities and socialize outside of mainstream society. Recently, those platforms have implemented algorithmic systems that curate, exploit, and predict user practices and identities. Yet, the social implications that platform algorithms raise for LGBTQ+ communities remain largely unexplored. Drawing from critical platform studies, science and technology studies, as well as gender and sexuality studies, this paper maps the main issues that platform algorithms raise for LGBTQ+ users and analyzes their implications for social justice and equity. To do so, it identifies and discusses public controversies through a review and analysis of journalistic articles. Our analysis points to five important algorithmic issues that affect the lives of LGBTQ+ users in ways that require additional scrutiny from researchers, policymakers, and tech developers alike: the ability for sorting algorithms to identify, categorize, and predict the sexual orientation and/or gender identity of users; the role that recommendation algorithms play in mediating LGBTQ+ identities, kinship, and cultures; the development of automated anti-LGBTQ+ speech detection/filtering software and the collateral harm caused to LGBTQ+ users; the power struggles over the nature and types of visibility afforded to LGBTQ+ issues online; and the overall enactment of cisheteronormative biases by platform affordances.

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Section: Filtering Algorithms and The Politics Of Lgbtq+ Acceptabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the social implications of platform algorithms for LGBTQ+ communities

Myles,

Duguay,

Flores Echaiz

2023

JDSR

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“…The hate diatribe on social media against minorities has gained momentum in the wake of a similar diatribe in the U.S. during the Trump administration. While the Canadian government has been much more open to accepting Syrian refugees, the public sentiment on social media has been anything but welcoming and at times openly hostile (Naffi and Davidson, 2020). The rallying against minorities has affected the mental health and physical well-being of many young immigrants.…”

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Perspectives of Muslim and Minority Canadian Youth on Hate Speech and Social Media

Arshad-Ayaz¹,

Naseem²,

Hizaoui³

2022

JCIE

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In this article, we highlight the perspectives of marginalized Canadian youth regarding hate speech on social media. Specifically, our research focus is on the complexity and intersectionality involved in cyber violence, especially in relation to marginalized identities. Twenty-five participants aged 18 to 25 studying at a central Canadian University (from an initial sample of 90 participants) who self-identified as victims of hate speech were invited to share their experiences and narrate their stories. Research results demonstrate that online hate speech is growing in Canada to an extent where it is has become normalized. This has serious implications for the well-being of Canadian youth - both perpetrators and victims of hate speech. The main targets of hate speech on social media in Canada are immigrants and minorities, particularly Muslims. Results show that online hate speech has significant consequences for the lives of Canadian youth. The repercussions for the victim's mental and physical well-being manifest in problems ranging from alienation, identity issues, deterioration of psychological and physical health to cyber and in-person bullying, and much more. The study concludes that while there are definite links between the rise of online hate speech, deterioration of mental and physical health, and increased attacks on immigrants and minorities, not much action has gone into policymaking and education to correct the situation.

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A Group of Youth Learn Why and How to Disrupt Online Discourses and Social Media Propaganda Around Syrian Refugees

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Mapping the social implications of platform algorithms for LGBTQ+ communities

Mapping the social implications of platform algorithms for LGBTQ+ communities

Perspectives of Muslim and Minority Canadian Youth on Hate Speech and Social Media

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