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Emily Lynell Edwards, "Digital Islamophobia: Tracking a Far-Right Crisis" (de Gruyter, 2023)

Mar 7, 2024
The podcast discusses how far-right networks spread Islamophobic hate speech on Twitter globally, from the US to India and Nigeria. It explores challenges of content moderation and the normalization of extremist content online. The conversation also delves into the authenticity of online identities, far-right extremism on Twitter, and Twitter's struggles with enforcing hate speech policies. It highlights the impact of far-right white American Christian Islamophobia on anti-Muslim politics in Nigeria and India.
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