AI could make trolls think twice before retweeting offensive content,
Hate speech has existed in the United States since the founding of our country. Despite efforts to move toward becoming a more progressive, inclusive nation, it seems as though the rise of social media has made hateful keyboard warriors the poster children for modern-day America. Many social media platforms have made attempts to counter hate speech using AI-driven tactics, but the number of hateful messages spread on sites like Twitter and Facebook remains steady. There might not be a perfect solution to the problem of hate speech on social media, but third-party companies are jumping in to take a stab at creating anti-hate bots to help clean up the content on some of the most popular social platforms.
Possible recently launched a new campaign called We Counter Hate that aims to curb the spread of hate speech on Twitter by turning retweets of hate speech into donations to an organization called Life After Hate. The company teamed up with Spredfast to train artificial intelligence to identify Twitter users spreading hateful messages. Once the AI detects a hateful tweet, human moderators step in to determine the appropriate response.
If a moderator decides the tweet picked up by the AI is, in fact, hate speech, they send a counter message that says, “This hate tweet is now being countered. Think twice before retweeting. For every retweet, a donation will be committed to a non-profit fighting for equality, inclusion, and diversity.” The message also links to the campaign’s website to provide additional information.
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