Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2023). 43-fold increase in anti-Muslim YouTube comments following Hamas' October 7 attack.

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Title

Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2023). 43-fold increase in anti-Muslim YouTube comments following Hamas' October 7 attack.

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Year

2023

Publication type

Report - unofficial (CSO) data on incidents

Geographical coverage

International

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - European level

Type of Institution

Civil Society Organisation

Institution

International, Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Thematic focus

Hate speech: Public incitement to hatred or violence

Groups

Muslims

Key findings

Using different technologies, this research analysed anti-Muslim hate speech on YouTube after the Hamas' October 7 attack and found an increase of anti-Muslim comments by 43 times compared to the four days before and after October 7.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

Data collected through automated hate speech identifier and analysed through qualitative semantic analysis (topic modelling)

Sample details and representativeness

Analysis of over 13,000 videos about the October 7 attack and Israel-Gaza conflict, and 9.5 million comments on the videos

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