Is There a Way to Stop Hate on the Internet?

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30% of on line anti semetic attacks are initiated by bots. Twitter's response to dealing with those kind of bot accountsdand the larger ations around elections and all that kind of stuff, has made it impossible for us to counter hate. And so i think whatever people in the technology industry or policy makers or media should hear, you know, this is your opportunity to reach people. We need to empower local communities. This is not something life after hate can possibly even put a five % dent in its. It's a whole of society problem that requires a whole ofsociety solution. I've talked before about shame and intox shame and the feeling of being less than. The antidote

“You can binge watch an ideology in a weekend,” says Tony McAleer. He should know. A former white supremacist, McAleer was introduced to neo-Nazi ideology through the U.K. punk scene in the 1980s. But after his daughter was born, he embarked on a decades-long journey from hate to compassion. Today’s technology, he says, make violent ideologies infinitely more accessible and appealing to those who long for acceptance. Social media isolates us and can incubate hate in a highly diffuse structure, making it nearly impossible to stop race-based violence without fanning the flames or driving it further underground. McAleer discusses solutions to this dilemma and the positive actions we can take together.