‘Stop Fake Hate Profiles on Facebook’: Challenges for crowdsourced activism in social media

Johan Farkas, Christina Neumayer

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    Abstract

    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalFirst Monday
    Volume22
    Issue number9
    ISSN1396-0466
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2017

    Keywords

    • online activism
    • crowdsourced activism
    • fake profiles
    • hate profiles
    • Facebook

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