Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Tunisia in 2015, and in Woolwich, south-east London where British Army soldier Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered in 2013, there has seen a significant increase in anti-Muslim attacks. These incidents …
We empirically investigate the effect of the Internet on racial hate crimes in the United States from the period 2001–2008. We find evidence that, on average, broadband availability increases racial hate crimes. We also document that the Internets …
Hate speech is multifaceted: it can attribute false assumptions to a religion, ascribe despic- able facts to a religious community, mock their traditions and 22 online discourse on jihad is carried out not by Muslims themselves, but by people with a …
Hate speech has of late become a sensitive issue in Kenya given that it helped trigger the post election violence of 2007/2008. At the same time, the percentage of the populace that has internet access has continued to grow giving rise to an active …