US EditionSpain to launch tool to monitor hate on social media, PM Sanchez says
HODIO will produce semi-annual reports ranking major social platforms to help design policies against digital harassment, tracking a 41% rise in hate crimes in Spain over the last decade.
- Spain aims to introduce a new tool called HODIO to measure hate speech on social media platforms and analyze the amplification of polarizing content through algorithms.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the launch of HODIO during an international summit on hate and digital harassment in Madrid.
- The goal of HODIO is to generate data to develop policies against digital harassment and increase pressure on tech platforms to take greater responsibility.
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Spain’s Socialist Government Unveils System to Track and Measure Online ‘Hate Speech’
Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presented a new system on March 11 designed to analyze how “hate speech” spreads on social media, saying the tool will track the presence, amplification, and impact of such content online. The new tool, called HODIO, an acronym in Spanish for Footprint of Hatred and Polarization, will allow the government to systematically track the presence, amplification, and impact of what it deems hate speech …
Spain launches AI system to track hate speech
Spain’s government has announced a new artificial-intelligence tool designed to track hate speech across social media platforms. The move is part of a broader effort by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to regulate online content and hold tech companies more accountable for what appears on their platforms. The new system, called HODIO – short for Huella del Odio y la Polarización (Footprint of Hatred… Source
According to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the results of the HODIO tool will be made public so that Spaniards can track “who blocks this content, who ignores it and who profits from it”.
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elcorreogallego.esLawyers specializing in digital law and freedom of expression warn that the tool announced by the president of the government could violate fundamental rights
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