President Trump has ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty for every undocumented migrant accused of a capital crime – but not all U.S. citizens similarly charged. Cathy Buerger argues that Trump’s order is an attempt to codify his dangerous speech toward migrants.

One year ago we published an oped against deliberate mass starvation of civilians in Gaza. Appallingly, that grave crime is still underway www.dangerousspeech.org/libraries/op...

We are seeing the migration of online instigation to offline consequences in near real time, realising what the @dangerousspeech.org framework warns us. What's imagined, & called for, is often realised far quicker than many believe possible, esp. in (New Zealand's) current information environment.

‼️ Out now in @haaretzcom: “For all the agonizing days since October 7, Israel and Gaza have been the subject of a battle of words alongside the actual war,” writes Susan Benesch.

The internet is a resource that’s inseparable from our day to day lives. #NetNeutrality protections are critical to ensuring everyone benefits from the internet. Join us in telling the @FCC that we need to restore net neutrality now. bit.ly/3SkhIQ9

Latest article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/the-bloodb... merges political critique, as only he can, with - though he doesn't refer to it as such - the dangerous speech @dangerousspeech.org framework around inciting violence. It's extremely worrying for US, & rest of us too.

The dangerous speech @dangerousspeech.org framework teaches us that when those in authority dog whistle or more explicitly signal certain things, extremists immediately pick it up, amplify, spread, and normalise. Today, a white supremacist man based in NZ railed against DEI in a YouTube video.

As Susan Benesch and Ethan Zuckerman wrote in their op-ed, “The best way to protect people from harms engendered by TikTok (and other social media platforms) is to unleash researchers so they can build up knowledge collectively.” dangerousspeech.org/to-protect-p...

“Online debate shouldn’t be outsourced to AI, even though there’s excited buzz about this prospect, and several university teams are building AI tools to respond to digital hatred.” techpolicy.press/can-ai-rescu...

Around 12 mins 54 secs, the following exchange takes place. Given the media, & political culture in New Zealand, it's an extraordinary invocation of violence, & what The Disinformation Project studies as 'dangerous speech'. @dangerousspeech.org To his credit, interviewee doesn't wholly endorse term.

Role Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines played in the Rwandan genocide is vital to remember - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm68... The work of @dangerousspeech.org, which TDP uses as a foundational framework, notes how content, & commentary inciting a violent othering, normalises violence. Always.

Our researchers saw an increase in rhetoric by influential right-wing speakers around the idea that Biden is doing exactly what Democrats accuse Trump of – violating the U.S. Constitution, behaving like a dictator, and endangering democracy.

Political speech on the far right continues to emphasize the need for increased use of force. Audiences are directed to “prepare for war,” and to “guard the polls like soldiers,” along with numerous calls for the national guard to man polling stations.

📰 Yesterday's op-ed in the L.A. Times drew from a key finding of January's election research brief. 🧐

‼️ OUT TODAY in the L.A. Times👇 Many Americans believe migrants bring fentanyl across the border. That’s wrong and dangerous www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Among other steps it ordered, the Court directed Israel to do all it can to prevent and punish incitement to genocide. This would be a vital and dramatic change since the Israeli president, minister of defense and other top leaders have publicly described all two million Gazans as mortal enemies.

‼️TOMORROW👇 dangerousspeech.org/event-counte...

We've signed the X-last pledge by @indivisibleguide.bsky.social 👉 Check out their low-risk approach to divesting from the platform, and finding safer online spaces 😊👇 xlast.org

spoke to KCBS yesterday about Trump's language and immigration policy. This language is not innocent. It is very dangerous because it licenses violence. omny.fm/shows/kcbsam... @dangerousspeech.org Polisky Skystorians

Dangerous speech. x.com/mluckovichaj... @dangerousspeech.org

Professor Aynul Islam and Executive Director Susan Benesch identify dangerous speech leading up to the January 7th elections in Bangladesh, supported by a new dataset created in collaboration between the DSP and Professor Aynul Islam’s team. dangerousspeech.org/on-the-brink...

Thrilled to welcome Brandi Geurkink as executive director of the Coalition of Independent Tech Research (CITR)! 🥳 independenttechresearch.org/welcoming-br...

‼️ Valuable insights into Trump’s most recent anti-immigration rhetoric from Election Fellow @afilindra.bsky.social ⬇️

“It suggests that the outcome of the election is foregone. It’s been decided. Is it actually guarding the election against fraud, or is it guarding the election against a result in which Trump is not declared the winner?” - Executive Director Susan Benesch apnews.com/article/trum...

The Israel-Hamas war has spawned hateful, violent and even genocidal comments, both in person and online. Executive Director Susan Benesch offers suggestions for Christian leaders to recognize and undermine it. faithandleadership.com/how-identify...

GNI expresses deep concern on the serious restrictions to #freedomofexpression taking place in the context of the Hamas and Israel conflict. We call on all actors to respect intl law and work to ensure civilian connectivity to ICT services. Our statement: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...

My old friend @eoghan.bsky.social captures what @amanthap.bsky.social will immediately recognise too, & what @dangerousspeech.org studies: how offline violence rapidly shrinks space for civil discourse dealing with complexity, incl. multiple truths, & how this playing out online, informs more hate.

On Veteran’s Day, Trump posted on Truth Social:

🗣️ REGISTRATION ENDS TODAY ‼️⬇️ 🥰 The DSP is thrilled to be facilitating this workshop in Kenya next month. Keep an eye out for more content as the event approaches, and we look forward to meeting you there! ✈️🤗

Many New Zealanders like to believe they are inherently better than/different to/inoculated against worst of other countries. But in brief overview of research on why US faces epidemic of violence, path dependencies of NZ's infodemic-led truth decay are v. similar: www.newsroom.co.nz/quarter-of-c...

Often wonder why the language used in journalism to capture democratic deficit in Sri Lanka, & other Global South countries, aren't used more or at all with the United States. Excerpts from yesterday's writing, referencing a chilling Reuters article from August: www.reuters.com/investigates...

30 June to 29 Sept is just *91 days*. That's how short of a time a misogynistic, violent othering, & racist commentary laced dangerous speech informed offline violence. @dangerousspeech.org's framework, which The Disinfo Project uses, explains incitement online, invariably leads to offline harms.

Was always the point www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

“A U.S. official said threats since then have risen more than 300 percent, in part because the identities of employees, and information about them, are being spread online.” ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/u...

Thank you so much for your continued work identifying dangerous speech @sanjanah.bsky.social !

💯👉 “Schneier’s declaration stressed that banning TikTok is not only ineffective and unnecessary, it is counterproductive.” 👏👏 www.justsecurity.org/88301/a-lead...

‼️This Friday at 10am!👇 
👉 From @oversightboard.bsky.social and Berkman Klein Center @harvard.bsky.social : www.eventbrite.com/e/now-next-p... 🎟 This is a hybrid event, with limited in-person space, so be sure to register ASAP 😉🔗

Since 2020, I’ve been at the epicenter of a wide-reaching campaign to intimidate social media platforms into backing away from their investments in safety and security. It worked. New from me (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/o...

From Susan Benesch and @ethanz.bsky.social : “In a lawsuit brought by the Coalition for Independent Tech and the @knightcolumbia.org challenging Texas’ TikTok ban, the groups argue that the ban violates the constitutional rights of public university professors.” dangerousspeech.org/to-protect-p...