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‘White’ Twitter bots can help curb racism

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Twitter is trying to curb the virulent racism on its platform by banning bigots and expanding reporting features, but its like whack-a-mole — two pop up for every one banned. However, a new research paper shows that calling out users who post racist and sexist slurs can heavily curb trolling. Theres a catch, however: its much more effective if the white knight is, well, white
NYU student Kevin Munger started his social experiment by seeking out 231 Twitter users who freq…
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