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Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 30

Tomorrow (May 1) at 3:30 pm PDT: @stanfordcisac.bsky.social welcomes @tmitts.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book, Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism.

Register today for this hybrid event: cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/safe-...

Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism by Tamar Mitts

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Apr 14

Referencing Tamar Mitts’ recently published Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism, Joseph Stabile considers the trajectory of online threat actors, voluntary platform commitments, and international regulatory regimes over the past decade.

Platform Convergence and the Limits of Technical Solutions to Counter Online Hate | TechPolicy.Press

Joseph Stabile considers the trajectory of online threat actors, voluntary platform commitments to counter terrorism, and international regulatory regimes.

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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · Mar 25

Just got my copy of “Safe Havens for Hate” by @tmitts.bsky.social in the mail.

A tour de force study of extremism—and an incredibly important and timely book.

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Picture of book cover of Tamar Mitts’s book “Safe Havens for Hate”

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Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social · Mar 12

"...we begin treating moderation not as a job for any single platform but as a collective societal and policy challenge—one more akin to environmental protection or public health than a proprietary issue of corporate community guidelines." H/T @tmitts.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/ideas/conten...

Content moderation is a policy problem, not just a platform problem

We have all witnessed the familiar cycle. Extremist or hateful content surfaces online and sparks public outrage—perhaps a stream of violent propaganda, a wave of conspiracy theories, or explicit call...

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Mar 6

What can be done about thriving hate groups on social media platforms?

@tmitts.bsky.social, author of Safe Havens for Hate, shares her research and takeaways on online extremism for TIME: time.com/7264828/onli...

Why the Fight Against Online Extremism Keeps Failing

Yes, Big Tech can do more. But all online spaces must commit to a more unified stance against extremism.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Mar 5

Listen: @tmitts.bsky.social, author of Safe Havens for Hate, spoke with @texasnewsdude.bsky.social for @texaspublicradio.bsky.social's The Source about online extremism: www.tpr.org/podcast/the-...

The persistent threat of online hate

When the internet was switched on, we were told this was the dawn of the information age. Turns out it was the birth of the disinformation age. There have been efforts to rein in the hate content on s...

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Mar 4

How content moderation shapes the tactics of harmful content producers on a wide range of social media platforms.

@tmitts.bsky.social's Safe Havens for Hate is out now!

Learn more about this important book and preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Tamar Mitts @tmitts.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢 It's out! My new book "Safe Havens for Hate" explores how extremists exploit gaps in online moderation to spread hate across platforms. Out now with
@princetonupress.bsky.social ! 📖 Read more & order: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691258522/safe-havens-for-hate

Safe Havens for Hate

Why efforts to moderate harmful content on social media fail to stop extremists

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Julien Nocetti @jnocetti.bsky.social · Feb 23

Looks like a great – and particularly timely – read (by @tmitts.bsky.social / @princetonupress.bsky.social)
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Safe Havens for Hate

Why efforts to moderate harmful content on social media fail to stop extremists

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Tamar Mitts @tmitts.bsky.social · Feb 22

The advance copy of my book, Safe Havens for Hate, is here! It offers a deep dive into the moderation of harmful content on social media and explains why efforts to combat online extremism keep failing. Official release March 4! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691258522/safe-havens-for-hate

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Jan 27

I'm excited to present today at Tel Aviv University a new working paper with @tmitts.bsky.social, @ylelkes.bsky.social, @hnmansour.bsky.social and Ran Abramitzky, entitled "Expression at the Edge: Free Speech Boundaries Amidst the Gaza Crisis." The draft will be publicly available in 2 weeks.

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · Dec 1

New issue of Perspectives on Politics out, including my (open access) article w/Asfandyar Mir and Tamar Mitts on using social media to identify murky patterns of elite competition and alignment, with evidence from around the 2018 Pakistani general election:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Latest issue | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Perspectives on Politics

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Tamar Mitts @tmitts.bsky.social · Nov 1

Hello Bluesky

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