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Can ideology-detecting algorithms catch online extremism before it takes hold?

  • Written by: Rohit Ram, PhD Student, Social Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Rohit Ram receives funding from the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ideology has always been a critical element in understanding how we view the world, form opinions and make political decisions.

However, the internet has...

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