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The BBC reports:
Intervention by police within the first 24 hours of a terrorist event could be key to halting the spread of cyber-hate, a new study has found.
Cardiff University researchers found online hate in the aftermath of the murder of Lee Rigby peaked in the first 24 hours then declined sharply.
The research is being published in the British Journal of Criminology on the second anniversary of his murder near Woolwich Barracks in London.
They found tweets from police and media were about five times more likely to be retweeted compared with tweets from other users following the attack.
[...] During the study, social and computer scientists at the university focused on the production and spread of racial and religious cyberhate and the Twitter battle between police and far-right political groups in the first 36 hours following the attack.
[...] Dr Matthew Williams said: "We concluded that cyber-hate has a 'half-life' following crime events of national interest.
"The sharp de-escalation of hate can be explained by post-event media and police Twitter messages that have a defusing effect and counter-speech from everyday Twitter users that challenge abusers."
Dr Pete Burnap said: "The ability to observe a large portion of the population in near real-time via social media networks provides those responsible for ensuring the safety of the public a new window onto mass social reaction."
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 25 2015, @04:58PM
If it's to radical and complex for you to put it into words - then it is worthless. It looks to me like you want to re-engineer all of society to confrom to your views. Didn't Joseph Stalin do that? What are the numbers now? How many died to prove Stalin right? Some shuffled off to Siberia, to die of cold and exposure. Others sent to farms to grow things that would not grow in those areas? Others sent to prisons, to be starved, or shot, or just tortured to death. So - do you think that you have Joe's charisma? Can you persuade the masses to follow your edicts to their graves?
Yes, obviously I was way off base with the Kumbaya business.
And, maybe the song I offered is off target as well. Sounds like you're willing to stand at the fire and pour the fuel on for the rest of your life.
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday May 25 2015, @05:17PM
You stupid git!
I never said it was too complex to put into words!
I said it was too complex to describe here. As in: 'This is not the place for a position-paper consisting of hundreds of pages '. Now, is that simple enough for you?
Words of wisdom from my grandfather: 'Don't argue with idiots, as listeners soon can't tell the difference'. With that in mind, I'll sign off now. The End.