Mean words machine? Researchers reveal racial bias in social media ‘hate speech’ detector

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Mean words machine? Researchers reveal racial bias in social media ‘hate speech’ detector

Researchers at the University of Washington conducted a study on “The Risk of Racial Bias in Hate Speech Detection,” analyzing the PerspectiveAPI algorithm, a tool that aims to rid the internet of supposed “hate speech.” The study comes just months after researchers at the University of Washington-Tacoma began developing a tool designed to scan for online “hate speech.”