Post by European Research Council (ERC)

Online disinformation, cyberbullying and #HateSpeech - most people want to completely avoid all three. But, if we want to fix them, “someone has to take a look – objectively, and without wishing to have their prejudices confirmed.” On this International Day for Countering Hate Speech we look at research that will shine a light into this dark area of the internet. It aims to discover how online groups function, how their values can break down and how a toxic, dangerous community can be created. Read the interview with Professor Thorsten Quandt, expert on online communication 👉 https://bit.ly/4fQWUfk More about the aims and approach of this ERC-funded research at the Universität Münster: Dark Nerd Communities: A multi-method exploration of toxic degradation in the adolescent technosphere (DANCE) 👉 https://lnkd.in/gtxE5iR3 #NoToHate #FrontierResearch EU Science, Research and Innovation