From online hate speech to offline hate crime: the role of inflammatory language in forecasting violence against migrant and LGBT communities

From online hate speech to offline hate crime: the role of inflammatory language in forecasting violence against migrant and LGBT communities

 

Social media messages often provide insights into offline behaviors. Although hate speech proliferates rapidly across social media platforms, it is rarely recognized as a cybercrime, even when it may be linked to offline hate crimes that typically involve physical violence. This paper aims to anticipate violent acts by analyzing online hate speech (hatred, toxicity, and sentiment) and comparing it to offline hate crime. 

From online hate speech to offline hate crime: the role of inflammatory language in forecasting violence against migrant and LGBT communities | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (nature.com)

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