FURTHER READING & Resources

Since our launch, we’ve been spending our time trying to learn as much as we can about the issue of extremism and radicalization online. We have been struck by how many threads of social issues that this problem touches. We’ve curated a list of articles, links, resources and coverage to shed light on what has been covered on these humanity challenges.

Start Here

If you are new to this issue, we encourage you to read these articles to understand more of the root cause of radicalization online and misinformation.

Data and Society: Media Manipulation and Misinformation Online

Scientific American: Misinformation has Created a New World Disorder (Note: this article is behind a paywall - you must login for the link to work)

Lack of Effective Regulation

Proof that social media is introducing serious dangers to society globally is readily available, but at the legislative and corporate levels, action to regulate these dangers are at best, slow, and at worst, non-existent.

TIME: Why America Is Losing the Battle Against White Nationalist Terrorism

Wired: Like Guns, Social Media Is a Weapon That Should Be Regulated

Everytown Research: Disarm Hate: the Deadly Intersection of Guns and Hate Crimes

Platform Enablement and Engagement Models

We know that platforms have few incentives to change the factors that make violence and harm possible. Here are articles related to that topic.

Washington Post: It Takes Three Weeks for Americans to Stop Paying Attention After a Mass Shooting

The Intercept: NRA Ramped Up Facebook Advertising Immediately After Mass Shootings In El Paso And Dayton

Artsy: Redesigns Won’t Easily Remedy the Toxicity of Social Media

Social Media Gun Trade

In addition to radicalization happening online, social platforms are being used as a marketplace for illegal weapons.

The Guardian: California arms traffickers used Snapchat to market illegal weapons

Motherboard: Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps

Speech and Privacy

The internet has yet to codify the definition of “hate speech”. Learn more about where the conversation stands today, from the perspective of people who work in the tech industry.

OneZero: Four Questions About Regulating Online Hate Speech

OneZero: Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet

Algorithmic Bias

We are accelerating the technology that creates conditions for harm through faulty development of artificially intelligent products. It is exacerbated by a lack of diversity in who builds the solutions of the future.

Yes Magazine: White Supremacy and Artificial Intelligence

Recode: The algorithms that detect hate speech online are biased against black people

Wired: The Real Reason Tech Struggles With Algorithmic Bias

Social Targeting, Marginalization, and Discrimination

There are major concerns about how young the negative influence of radicalization begins. Learn more about how certain demographics are being targeted.

Vice: How Teachers Are Fighting the White Nationalists Brainwashing Their Students

Washington Post: How White Supremacists Are Recruiting Boys Online

The Verge: YouTube will pay up to $200 million after allegedly violating children’s privacy

Data Rights Are Human Rights

Based on what we know about modern technology and data -- how it is collected, stored, sold and used -- we believe that it’s a moral and economic imperative to empower every citizen with the ability to advocate and make decisions about what happens to their information.

Foreign Policy In Focus: Data Privacy Is a Human Right. Europe Is Moving Toward Recognizing That.

The Conversation: How governments use Big Data to violate human rights

Vox: Brain-reading tech is coming. The law is not ready to protect us.