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Temperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from 4B tweets
- helsinkiandrew 4y agoTLDR: In this study, we found that hate speech increased in absolute volume, and also as a proportion of total tweeting activity, at temperature extremes. The quasi-quadratic shape of the temperature–hate tweet curve was robust across varying climate zones, income quartiles, and religious and political beliefs. …daily maximum temperatures of more than 30°C were consistently associated with substantial increases in hate speech.
- eminence32 4y agoI seem to recall studies that also showed that physical violence increased in high temperature extremes. If both these effects are real, I wonder if they share the same underlying cause
- logicalmonster 4y ago> As of 2015, almost three of four women globally had been exposed to or had experienced some form of online violence. > online violence Oh No No No. Not online violence.