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Google announces hate crime news index

14 points by dfps 9y ago

dfps 9y ago
(Seeking Alpha) Google announces the Documenting Hate News Index, a cooperation between Google News lab, Pitch Interactive, and ProPublica to use machine learning to track and report on hate crimes around the country. The project utilizes Google Cloud Natural Language API to scrape the prior six months of Google News for stories on hate crimes, biases, or related abuses and creates a visual tool that makes the information easier for reporters to use.
KekDemaga 9y ago
It seems to be a index as in a index in a textbook as opposed to an index like the DOW from what I can see. I'd like to see something more along those lines for comparisons sake.
alexandercrohde 9y ago
I don't understand is this is meant to be an index of crime-reports (public information) or of news-stories. It sounds like the latter, but if you're only focusing on the media and not the underlying incidents it's hard to draw valid epidemiological conclusions.
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- dfps 9y ago
  Relevant: YouTube admits 'wrong call' over deletion of Syrian war crime videos http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/youtube-admits-wrong-call-over-deletion-syrian-war-crime-videos-1140126078 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/youtube-admits-wrong-call-...
PeachPlum 9y ago
Google the gatekeepers, deciding the undecidable. I find this dangerous.
- willstrafach 9y ago
  As it is described, if I understand correctly, they are not deciding anything.
  - PeachPlum 9y ago
    Because Google has an agenda, I think perhaps that colours my judgement. But while we're here let's have a quick look at http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/ http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/
notruthallowed 9y ago
Thank you google, for being the minister to finally bring us the ultimate truth - a truth that not even facts, statistics, and logic can dent!
gonmf 9y ago
Hate crimes are nonsense. If something wasn't a crime without the hate part, why should it be with it, when hating others is legal.
- mayank 9y ago
  The same reason why you have first-degree and second-degree manslaughter, for example. Intent counts.

14 points by dfps 9y ago

dfps 9y ago

(Seeking Alpha) Google announces the Documenting Hate News Index, a cooperation between Google News lab, Pitch Interactive, and ProPublica to use machine learning to track and report on hate crimes around the country. The project utilizes Google Cloud Natural Language API to scrape the prior six months of Google News for stories on hate crimes, biases, or related abuses and creates a visual tool that makes the information easier for reporters to use.

KekDemaga 9y ago

It seems to be a index as in a index in a textbook as opposed to an index like the DOW from what I can see. I'd like to see something more along those lines for comparisons sake.

alexandercrohde 9y ago

I don't understand is this is meant to be an index of crime-reports (public information) or of news-stories. It sounds like the latter, but if you're only focusing on the media and not the underlying incidents it's hard to draw valid epidemiological conclusions.

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dfps 9y ago
Relevant: YouTube admits 'wrong call' over deletion of Syrian war crime videos http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/youtube-admits-wrong-call-over-deletion-syrian-war-crime-videos-1140126078 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/youtube-admits-wrong-call-...

PeachPlum 9y ago

Google the gatekeepers, deciding the undecidable. I find this dangerous.

willstrafach 9y ago
As it is described, if I understand correctly, they are not deciding anything.
- PeachPlum 9y ago
  Because Google has an agenda, I think perhaps that colours my judgement. But while we're here let's have a quick look at http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/ http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/

notruthallowed 9y ago

Thank you google, for being the minister to finally bring us the ultimate truth - a truth that not even facts, statistics, and logic can dent!

gonmf 9y ago

Hate crimes are nonsense. If something wasn't a crime without the hate part, why should it be with it, when hating others is legal.

mayank 9y ago
The same reason why you have first-degree and second-degree manslaughter, for example. Intent counts.