Articles
This section lists articles by project experts and other contributors on the subject of anti-religious hate speech.
Is There a Solution to UK Media’s Persistent Islamophobia?
The integrity of UK’s media has been called out several times, and the coverage of the Batley school incident is only one of many that follows anti-Muslim tropes by criminalising Islam and by extension Muslims.
TikTok Updates Hate Speech Policy
Social media platform TikTok has announced an update to their hate speech policy.
Facebook to Remove Holocaust Denial on the Platform
On October 12th, Facebook announced they are updating their hate speech policy to “prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust.
Taking Back the Hashtag: How Young People are Fighting Hate on TikTok
We often focus on the hate speech prevalent on social media platforms; however, we do also come across positive and educational content. This content is often found amongst incidents of hate, as they tend to use some of the same hashtags and tags. We talked to TikTok creator Jared Bach about his experience on the platform.
CAN BOYCOTTING FACEBOOK’S ADVERTISING SERVICES FORCE POSITIVE CHANGE?
Will the social media giant finally listen?
A PICTURE IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS: HOW STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY SHAPES UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
A picture is worth a thousand words--so why do we not think more carefully about stock photography?
GEOBLOCKING: WHAT IS IT, AND HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT IN PRACTICE?
Recently there has been more talk about ‘geoblocking’ on social media platforms, and the implications of it. But what exactly is it? And how effective is it in practice?
ROD LIDDLE'S TRACK RECORD OF HATE SPEECH
Last month, Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle came under fire for an article titled, Chip in and we’ll help Choudary on his way to Paradise—a commentary on British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary that reads more like an Islamophobic rant than a column in a reputable newspaper.
BORIS JOHNSON'S DEGRADING ARTICLE ABOUT THE BURKA
Boris Johnson, the UK’s former foreign secretary, wrote a piece for the Telegraph about Denmark’s recent burka ban, and whether we should adopt the same laws in the UK. Upon reading the title of the piece, which claims that Demark has “got it wrong”, you might be cautiously optimistic.
A MEDIA STORM: ANTISEMITISM IN THE LABOUR PARTY
The past few days have seen the media reporting heavily on Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, with a focus on antisemitism. This was triggered by a Facebook comment posted a few years ago by Corbyn underneath an image of an antisemitic wall mural, in which he questioned its removal.