Washington, D.C. — From Charleston, South Carolina, and Charlottesville, Virginia, to this weekend’s planned white supremacist rally in Washington, D.C., there’s no question that much of modern-day hate and white nationalism spreads and is fomented online.
Ahead of this weekend’s anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville rally and the planned follow-up rally in front of the White House, the Center for American Progress has released an issue brief for policymakers and the technology industry to combat racism online and break barriers in the digital world.
Top-line recommendations include:
“As our society becomes more reliant on technology, we must ensure that we fight against stereotypes and racism manifesting itself online,” says Danyelle Solomon, co-author of the brief and CAP’s senior director of Race and Ethnicity Policy. “In writing this report, we found that there are a number of simple, concrete, and actionable steps that both policymakers and the tech industry can take to reduce racism and mitigate hate online.”
Click here to read: “Combating Hate and White Nationalism in the Digital World” by Aastha Uprety and Danyelle Solomon