Assessing the Extent and Types of Hate Speech in Fringe Communities: A Case Study of Alt-Right Communities on 8chan, 4chan, and Reddit

Recent right-wing extremist terrorists were active in online fringe communities connected to the alt-right movement. Although these are commonly considered as distinctly hateful, racist, and misogynistic, the prevalence of hate speech in these communities has not been comprehensively investigated ye...

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Main Authors: Diana Rieger, Anna Sophie Kümpel, Maximilian Wich, Toni Kiening, Georg Groh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-10-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211052906