Toxic Synergy Between Hate Speech and Fake News Exposure
arxiv(2024)
摘要
Hate speech on social media is a pressing concern. Understanding the factors
associated with hate speech may help mitigate it. Here we explore the
association between hate speech and exposure to fake news by studying the
correlation between exposure to news from low-credibility sources through
following connections and the use of hate speech on Twitter. Using news source
credibility labels and a dataset of posts with hate speech targeting various
populations, we find that hate speakers are exposed to lower percentages of
posts linking to credible news sources. When taking the target population into
account, we find that this association is mainly driven by anti-semitic and
anti-Muslim content. We also observe that hate speakers are more likely to be
exposed to low-credibility news with low popularity. Finally, while hate speech
is associated with low-credibility news from partisan sources, we find that
those sources tend to skew to the political left for antisemitic content and to
the political right for hate speech targeting Muslim and Latino populations.
Our results suggest that mitigating fake news and hate speech may have
synergistic effects.
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