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Hate speech, vitriol, threats, and inciting comments: Can we stop it already?

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A friend of mine recently posted on social media that he had to abandon his 2010 research project on “insults in the media” because he couldn't find enough data.

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WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: India’s students found their voice this summer while journalists are losing theirs (opens on the publisher’s site)

India’s press freedom is increasingly being exercised by citizens, students, influencers, and comedians who challenge power online. But true press freedom requires independent journalism that can survive without censorship, government pressure, surveillance or financial dependence.

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