The following article was published in The Algemeiner on April 1, 2022 and discusses how tools like ADL’s Online Hate Index (OHI) can be utilized to address the prevalence of online hate and harassment.
Billions of people log onto social media platforms every day. As we spend an increasing portion of our lives online, our exposure to hate-based content becomes routine. The Anti-Defamation League’s 2021 survey of hate and harassment on social media found that 41 percent of Americans experienced online harassment, while 27 percent experience severe harassment, which includes sexual harassment, stalking, physical threats, swatting, doxing, and sustained harassment. We are inundated with conspiracy theories, scams, misinformation, or racist speech that frustrate users — or, worse, threaten our safety…
ADL hopes the way that the OHI combines machine learning and human expertise and centers targeted communities in technology development — offers a practical path to holding platforms accountable. The potential exists for other civil society organizations to develop similar tools using volunteers to label homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and racism.
To read the full Algemeiner article, click HERE.