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New tool maps and analyzes online hate speech
The number of reported hate crimes (hate crime refers to violence, threats or hateful speech motivated by someone's skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or similar characteristics) has more than quintupled since 2012.
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The number of reported hate crimes (hate crime refers to violence, threats or hateful speech motivated by someone's skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or similar characteristics) has more than quintupled since 2012. Approximately 40% of them consist of hate speech. The motive for hate speech is most frequently skin color or ethnicity, followed by sexual orientation.
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