Social media cluster dynamics create resilient global hate highways

Online social media allows individuals to cluster around common interests - including hate. We show that tight-knit social clusters interlink to form resilient 'global hate highways' that bridge independent social network platforms, countries, languages and ideologies, and can quickly self...

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Authors: Johnson, N. F. (Author) ; Zheng, M. (Author) ; Velasquez, N. (Author) ; Restrepo, N. Johnson (Author) ; Manrique, P. (Author) ; Leahy, R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2018
In:Year: 2018
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Summary:Online social media allows individuals to cluster around common interests - including hate. We show that tight-knit social clusters interlink to form resilient 'global hate highways' that bridge independent social network platforms, countries, languages and ideologies, and can quickly self-repair and rewire. We provide a mathematical theory that reveals a hidden resilience in the global axis of hate; explains a likely ineffectiveness of current control methods; and offers improvements. Our results reveal new science for networks-of-networks driven by bipartite dynamics, and should apply more broadly to illicit networks.Comment: working pape