Julia Angwin on Nostr: In March, a right-wing pundit calling for "transgenderism" to be "eradicated" because ...
In March, a right-wing pundit calling for "transgenderism" to be "eradicated" because they were part of "the left’s attempt to erase biological women from modern society.”
His words did not fit the platform's definition of hate speech. But in my latest for New York Times Opinion, I argue his words were more dangerous: fear-inducing speech that can stoke violence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/fear-speech-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=KlL5WsqboqsdMgt1HYWCHHii6JQcYFoiggteB-Est-XpbW7XU5cTFpFFoUVHn-L6TBZvqdlXS5jGLXRtT4k8THU2z6FEyHQRdBJdCQXA6jWY1gnHgCJSbiH_lSuq2xe5ztvvDfJg8tqXNObYAXvZA7xTMMGimjCsREEv-SQiqwQOYPJh3V3IFRSv4h7mJyoYTTdt4-9frXLQQNJVbLl_KR9_gbXks3tqTTakIzwrH4MsZnlMZEh5N9-TFk3DNTu4qPjcvShfOYQjurj7XoSSLDQO6f30kc1NtlHEK1n98yhVfdxSWhCGayu2lseEICnN9Opbf_WQ1OxgaQAx3hn1jNY&smid=url-share
His words did not fit the platform's definition of hate speech. But in my latest for New York Times Opinion, I argue his words were more dangerous: fear-inducing speech that can stoke violence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/fear-speech-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=KlL5WsqboqsdMgt1HYWCHHii6JQcYFoiggteB-Est-XpbW7XU5cTFpFFoUVHn-L6TBZvqdlXS5jGLXRtT4k8THU2z6FEyHQRdBJdCQXA6jWY1gnHgCJSbiH_lSuq2xe5ztvvDfJg8tqXNObYAXvZA7xTMMGimjCsREEv-SQiqwQOYPJh3V3IFRSv4h7mJyoYTTdt4-9frXLQQNJVbLl_KR9_gbXks3tqTTakIzwrH4MsZnlMZEh5N9-TFk3DNTu4qPjcvShfOYQjurj7XoSSLDQO6f30kc1NtlHEK1n98yhVfdxSWhCGayu2lseEICnN9Opbf_WQ1OxgaQAx3hn1jNY&smid=url-share