Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States

Demaske, Chris

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“…In this regard, Twitter can be seen as a sort of online agora, a gathering space for social interaction, artistic expression, and participatory forms of political engagement, unfolding under the banner of free expression. However, scholars like Brown (2015), Demaske (2020), and Enarsson and Lindgren (2019) have pointed out that while free speech is crucial for the democratic aim of developing and communicating progressive ideas, limits to this liberty do exist within constitutional and juridical frameworks, especially when the communication that unfolds is more harmful than beneficial.…”

Section: Hate Speech and Abuse Both Off And Onlinementioning

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Gatekeepers of toxicity: Reconceptualizing Twitter's abuse and hate speech policies

Konikoff

2021

Policy & Internet

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Twitter has become the platform of choice for journalists, politicians, and citizens because of the ways that it encourages expression, participation, and debate. In recent years, however, Twitter's “zeal for free speech” has turned the platform into a breeding ground for abuse, harassment, and hate speech. Through a discourse analysis of Twitter's policies, rules, and enforcement guidelines, this project asks (1) What role do Twitter's policies, rules, and terms of service play in instances where Twitter does not successfully address online abuse, hate speech, and harassment? and (2) What role does Twitter's technological architecture play in both propagating or preventing online hate speech and abuse? By invoking traditional and contemporary gatekeeping theories, theories of deterrence, and responsibilization, this paper will demonstrate that Twitter's policies perpetuate abuse and hateful conduct by splitting the gatekeeping role between the platform and its users. The study sheds light on the blind spots in Twitter's policies, such as their permissive free speech rhetoric and their nondeterrent enforcement options, to provide an empirical basis for how Twitter can detoxify user experience through revisions to the platform's policy framework.

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Section: Hate Speech and Abuse Both Off And Onlinementioning

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Gatekeepers of toxicity: Reconceptualizing Twitter's abuse and hate speech policies

Konikoff

2021

Policy & Internet

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The Devil’s in the Details: How Countries’ Defamation Laws Can (and Can’t) Combat Hate Speech

Carlson,

Terry

2023

Journalism Practice

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The Public Sphere of Democracy and the Wisdom Tradition

Peterson

2022

J. Relig. Transf. Cont. Soc.

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The essay addresses contemporary trends in modern democracy, especially focusing on the transformation of the public sphere. It seeks to answer the following question: how can we strengthen ideologically diverse spaces of public discourse today in light of the social trends toward homophily and echo chambers? Specifically, it addresses the way in which modern political discourse has been transformed by social media and broader social and economic trends. Furthermore, it raises questions about the future challenges of discourse ethics and ideal conceptions of overlapping consensus in our contemporary context of pluralism. The role of the media in this broad public sphere is also addressed. An ideal-type conception of the wisdom tradition, one which can strengthen the channels of communication, is offered as a response to these trends. It is a pattern of thought capable of embracing the ambiguity.

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Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States

Cited by 4 publications

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Gatekeepers of toxicity: Reconceptualizing Twitter's abuse and hate speech policies

Gatekeepers of toxicity: Reconceptualizing Twitter's abuse and hate speech policies

The Devil’s in the Details: How Countries’ Defamation Laws Can (and Can’t) Combat Hate Speech

The Public Sphere of Democracy and the Wisdom Tradition

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