What is hate speech and how can it be regulated in online communication? In this episode, Francesca Elsey and Kyara Durlinger talk with Christian Strippel, researcher at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. The communication scholar shares his thoughts on hate speech regulation and tells about the outcomes of the NOHATE project that aimed to develop methods and software for recognition of hateful communication and potential strategies for de-escalation of aggressive speech.

Related open-access articles:

Paasch-Colberg, S., Strippel, C., Trebbe, J., & Emmer, M. (2021). From Insult to Hate Speech: Mapping Offensive Language in German User Comments on Immigration. Media and Communication, 9(1), 171–180. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i1.3399

Paasch-Colberg, S., & Strippel, C. (2021). "The boundaries are blurry...": How comment moderators in Germany see and respond to hate comments. Journalism Studies  https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2021.2017793