In the midst of the commotion caused by the rallies in Charlottesville, Heather Heyer and Neo Nazi groups, internet social activists turn vigilante to fight against hate speech.
Dominating headlines around the US, The Daily Stormer, a Neo Nazi blog that addressed Heather Heyer, who was killed during anti-supremacist rallies in Charlottesville with an article titled “Heather Heyer: Woman Killed in Road Rage Incident was a Fat, Childless 32-Year-Old Sl**.”
A tweet by Amy Siskind, co-founder of The New Agenda shined a spotlight on the article for Godaddy.com, the blog’s domain host. In conclusion, the website topped with phrases like “Summer of hate edition” along with a screenshot from a game where the main white character beats up two dark-skinned characters- has been given 24 hours to find another domain host, before GoDaddy takes it down.
UPDATE – THE DAILY STORMER WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY OFFLINE.
In a desperate attempt at self-victimization, a post titled “End of hate: Anonymous now in control of Daily Stormer,” was allegedly orchestrated by the magazine’s own publisher, Andrew Anglin, which was called out by a Twitter account with ties to the vigilante group, claiming, “We are 99% confident that this is a completely false stunt by DS derps. Still not anyone taking credit, despite feelers.”
Other social vigilantes on the Twitterverse include @yesyoureracist, an account that has recently been working on identifying participants in the right-wing side of the Charlottesville demonstrations.
As a result of the account’s tweets, Top Dog, a restaurant in Berkeley, fired one of its employees for taking part in white supremacist campaigns.
As social media have become the most common form of both casual and professional opinion sharing, tech giants were inherently given the responsibility of discarding hate and negative talk as a part of their platforms.
Facebook’s Deeptext, an AI module that focuses on the context of text shared on the platform, constantly learns word-association and connotations they imply.
Although the system is still work-in-progress, it definitely shows the company’s dedication to its Anti-hate speech policies.
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