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Screen Shot
Chat­tanooga, Tennessee, partners with hate speech database Hatebase to solve its increas­ing hate crime issue
7-Jan-2020 | Screen Shot

MIT Technology Review
How one city hopes language monitoring can help it defeat hate
18-Dec-2019 | MIT Technology Review

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga invites locals to report hate speech incidents online
18-Dec-2019 | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Business Insider
With hate speech becoming more difficult to tackle, this startup has created an AI-powered service to help businesses including TikTok flag offensive content
6-Dec-2019 | Business Insider

Authority Magazine
5 Things We Need To Do To Close The Gender Wage Gap
3-Dec-2019 | Authority Magazine

CBC News
Canadian company compiling database of hate speech that may help others spot and stop it
21-Nov-2019 | CBC News

Digital Journal
One Canadian firm is redefining what hate speech is all about
21-Nov-2019 | Digital Journal

BBC Digital Planet
Proactive vs. Reactive Hate Speech Monitoring
19-Nov-2019 | BBC Digital Planet

CBC News: The National
How hate speech is being fought online
18-Nov-2019 | CBC News: The National

Digital Innovators Summit
Hatebase’s Timothy Quinn on the rise of hate speech and what the media can do to counter it
29-Oct-2019 | Digital Innovators Summit

The Gamer
Hatebase Seeks To Eliminate Hate Speech Online
6-Oct-2019 | The Gamer

PC Market
Canada established Hatebase to deal with online bullying (Chinese)
19-Sep-2019 | PC Market

Korii
Une entreprise a bâti une base de données de la haine en ligne (French)
12-Sep-2019 | Korii

TechCrunch
Hatebase catalogues the world’s hate speech in real time so you don’t have to
10-Sep-2019 | TechCrunch

New Scientist
UK police are using AI to spot spikes in Brexit-related hate crimes
28-Aug-2019 | New Scientist

Etcétera
Discurso de odio (Spanish)
19-Aug-2019 | Etcétera

Telepolis
Verstärkt sich rassistische Gewalt durch rassistische Äußerungen im Netz? (German)
19-Jul-2019 | Telepolis

Peace News
Can online hate speech be cured in the next generation?
17-Jun-2019 | Peace News

Towards Data Science
Classifying Hate Speech: an overview: A brief look at label classification and hate speech
28-May-2019 | Towards Data Science

BlueLine
Monitoring hate speech as a law enforcement tool
15-Feb-2019 | BlueLine

Skills Matter
Keeping a lid on hate
15-Feb-2019 | Skills Matter

Telanga Today
Alternative maps of human history
13-Feb-2019 | Telanga Today

The Huntington News
NU professor studies the evolution of hate speech on Twitter
30-Jan-2019 | The Huntington News

NiemanLab
Republicans who follow liberal Twitter bots actually become more conservative
1-Aug-2018 | NiemanLab

IT World Canada
3 ways the ‘AI Leader of the Year’ is using Data for Good
11-Jun-2018 | IT World Canada

N+1
Existe un YouTube, un Twitter y una Wikipedia de ultraderecha, y están llenos de discursos de odio (Spanish)
10-Jun-2018 | N+1

New Scientist
There’s an alt-right alt-Twitter and it’s filled with hate
22-Feb-2018 | New Scientist

Religion News Service
German law takes initiative in countering hate speech on social media
8-Dec-2017 | Religion News Service

Sintesis
Instan a jóvenes a combatir el discurso de odio en México (Spanish)
11-Jun-2017 | Sintesis

Voice of America
Hate Speech Plugin Gives Internet Trolls a Chance to Pause
21-Oct-2016 | Voice of America

Columbia Journalism Review
Hate and Incriminate: The US Election, Social Media, and American Muslims
15-Feb-2016 | Columbia Journalism Review

Wired
Who is the number one target of hate speech on Twitter?
18-Jun-2014 | Wired

Rising Voices
Say What?! Website Collects Hate Speech for Genocide Prevention
18-Dec-2013 | Rising Voices

Global Wire
Mapping Hate Speech and Human Rights Abuses
13-May-2013 | Global Wire

Maclean\
Hatebase: An anti-genocide app
8-May-2013 | Maclean's

IEEE Computer Society
Hate-Speech Database Could Help Predict Genocide
1-May-2013 | IEEE Computer Society

CKOM
The Sentinel Project is tracking hate speech all over the world to prevent genocide
16-Apr-2013 | CKOM

Silicon Angle
Big Data Declares War On Genocide
12-Apr-2013 | Silicon Angle

This Magazine
The sentinels of genocide
12-Apr-2013 | This Magazine

Radio-Canada
Entrevue de Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer à la Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada à Toronto le 10 avril 2013 en rapport avec Sentinel Project et notre nouveau projet Hatebase (French)
10-Apr-2013 | Radio-Canada

CBC Radio One
Genocide Prevention
9-Apr-2013 | CBC Radio One

GenBeta
Hatebase, cuando una simple base de datos puede prevenir el odio y salvar vidas (Spanish)
8-Apr-2013 | GenBeta

Ars Technica
Crowdsourced hate speech database could spot early signs of genocide
7-Apr-2013 | Ars Technica

Toronto Star
Toronto NGO debuts online early warning alert for genocides
7-Apr-2013 | Toronto Star

Club de Madrid
Hatebase: Can we stop violent words from sparking violent action?
2-Apr-2013 | Club de Madrid

Foreign Policy Magazine
Mapping hate speech to predict ethnic violence
1-Apr-2013 | Foreign Policy Magazine