On the 16th of June, the UN discussed the growth of hate speech online. This is an issue I have looked at repeatedly from international and local perspectives. I was also part of a group that attempted to draw up some basic guidelines for respectful online communications, echoing those I drew up to frame the […]
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Addressing hatred on the web
Image courtesy The Economist An article in the Economist explores an issue central to my work – the rise of hate speech on the web and the means through which it’s production, dissemination and influence can be constrained. In The brave new world of e-hatred, the Economist notes that, What is much more disturbing is the […]
And now blogs lead to suicide?
I’m not convinced that (largely anonymous) and vicious verbal attacks through blogs are enough to drive anyone to suicide. Maybe I’m wrong, but news of an advertising executive in the US killing himself at least partly because of what was published about him online is a bit of a stretch. And this, as the article […]
Blogs: Spittoons for the deranged or fostering constructive debate?
In the aptly titled Some types are more fuckin’ than others? Java Jones, that inimitable voice in the Sri Lankan blogosphere, examines the timbre of expression on blogs and notes that: Checking out one of the most popular (or would ‘most widely read’ be a more suitable term?) blogs on kottu yesterday I was struck […]
