Crowdsourcing can be a helpful tool in gathering data for an investigation. One example is this one from ProPublica.
Earlier this month, in the wake of the Charlottesville attack on protesters, a post began circulating on Facebook titled: “Heather Heyer, Woman Killed in Road Rage Incident was a Fat, Childless 32-Year-Old Slut.”
You might have thought that the post violated Facebook’s rules against hate speech. But, in fact, it did not. Facebook’s arcane hate speech rules, revealed by ProPublica in June, only prohibit hate speech attacks against “protected categories” of people — based on gender, race or religious affiliation — but not against individuals. Read more >
Author Julia Angwin, Ariana Tobin, and Madeleine Varner
News Site ProPublica
Date Published Aug. 29, 2017
Article Link Have You Experienced Hate Speech on Facebook? We Want To Hear From You
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