Facebook gives $500,000 to Ontario university project that says coronavirus will drive online hate
The money is meant to help create a knowledge hub on "hate and violent extremism."
Facebook is giving $500,000 in funding over five years to Ontario Tech University’s Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism to create what it calls the “Global Network Against Hate.”
According to CBC News, the network is being tasked with spotting emerging trends in online extremism and developing strategies, policies, and tools to counter them.-- More...
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