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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) by KGIII on Monday May 25 2015, @08:18PM
You are aware that there are a number of white Muslims, right? If I recall correctly (and I may not be) I dimly recall reading a study/data¹ that showed the world's population of white Muslims has one of the highest growth rates percentage-wise. As a mix of brown and pasty and a practicing Buddhist, I may be mistaken but 'tis what I recall but do not see the site when I query the mighty Google Answer Machine. As it does not directly involve me my interest was lowered at the time. I have no fear of brown or olive people (or of white people for that matter) nor do I fear terrorist attacks. Being scared of them is what they want you² to do and is giving them power to lord over you. No, not something I am going to do, worry about, or consider when deciding my actions.
¹: https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=growing+number+of+white+muslims&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 [google.com] (This seems to support what I read but the specific link is not on the first two pages and I declined searching further.)
²: Not you specifically, a generic you.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 25 2015, @08:42PM
It isn't the brown, olive, black, or sand colored people that I fear. It's the damned fool white people who have given up, and just don't give a damn. They have no pride in themselves, their ancestors, or their heritage - much less their nation and/or country.
Maybe it's shame. I'm ashamed of all the silly cunts reveling in that stupid assed white guilt thing. Maybe the darker colored people deserve to inherit the earth.
Truth be known, my descendants are already further away from the Europeans than I am, and that's only going to accelerate, based on projected demographics. My great-greats are going to be Mexicans and Indians.
(Score: 1) by KGIII on Monday May 25 2015, @09:44PM
I find it odd that people who are white are not allowed to be proud of it. Other races can be proud. It is like men can not mention that they have (or should have) certain rights without being sexist. If you are proud of being white you are a racist. If you are proud of being black you are an activist. I am a combination of all the above and Native American so, you are all bigots as far as I am concerned. *grins*
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday June 10 2015, @10:52PM
The thing to be rightly proud of is being human, in the James T. Kirk burying Spock sense.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].