'Stop fake hate profiles on Facebook': Challenges for crowdsourced activism on social media
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'Stop fake hate profiles on Facebook' : Challenges for crowdsourced activism on social media. / Farkas, Johan; Neumayer, Christina.
I: First Monday, Bind 22, Nr. 9, 8042, 2017.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Stop fake hate profiles on Facebook'
T2 - Challenges for crowdsourced activism on social media
AU - Farkas, Johan
AU - Neumayer, Christina
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This research examines how activists mobilise against fake hate profiles on Facebook. Based on six months of participant observation, this paper demonstrates how Danish Facebook users organised to combat fictitious Muslim profiles that spurred hatred against ethnic minorities. Crowdsourced action by Facebook users is insufficient as a form of sustainable resistance against fake hate profiles. A viable solution would require social media companies, such as Facebook, to take responsibility in the struggle against fake content used for political manipulation.
AB - This research examines how activists mobilise against fake hate profiles on Facebook. Based on six months of participant observation, this paper demonstrates how Danish Facebook users organised to combat fictitious Muslim profiles that spurred hatred against ethnic minorities. Crowdsourced action by Facebook users is insufficient as a form of sustainable resistance against fake hate profiles. A viable solution would require social media companies, such as Facebook, to take responsibility in the struggle against fake content used for political manipulation.
U2 - 10.5210/fm.v22i9.8042
DO - 10.5210/fm.v22i9.8042
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85028651848
VL - 22
JO - First Monday
JF - First Monday
SN - 1396-0466
IS - 9
M1 - 8042
ER -
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