The 2023 French Riots
By Matteo Vergani Between 27 June and 4 July 2023, France experienced widespread unrest following the …
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By Matteo Vergani Between 27 June and 4 July 2023, France experienced widespread unrest following the …
By Matteo Vergani On 4 December 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan. …
The Tackling Hate Lab is a multi-institutional research hub dedicated to understanding and addressing online and offline hostility, targeted aggression, and violent ideological movements. Our work combines social and psychological science methods with large-scale data analysis, machine learning, and advanced counterfactual methods using agent-based modeling, microsimulation, and network analysis. We generate actionable policy assessments and evidence-based solutions.
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Check out this recent paper titled “HateGPT: Unleashing GPT-3.5 Turbo to Combat Hate Speech on X” …
This recent study highlights situational crime prevention (SCP) as an effective tool to reduce casualties in …
In a recent megastudy published in Science, researchers led by Jan Voelkel examined 25 interventions to …