How to Counter Online Hatred

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#Episode 22

How to Counter Online Hatred Erik Swain is the CEO & Co-Founder of Respondology, a social media tool aimed at removing hateful, racist, and brand-damaging comments. He is very well-versed in the evolution of the online space, having spent almost 10 years at AOL.

Since then, he has built, scaled, and sold two successful media and ad tech companies. Seeing the damage created by anonymous social media accounts, he created Respondology to address online hatred. In this podcast episode, Erik talks us through the scale of the problem and what can be done to overcome it.

Topics covered:

• How Serena Williams opened Erik’s eyes to the scale of the problem of online hatred
• How to define online hatred
• What can be done to tackle the problem of online hatred
• How GenAI is increasing the volume of hatred but also being used to tackle that same volume
• Is online consumer pressure the right kind of brand negativity
• Difference between hatred against celebs, large companies, sports teams etc.

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The podcast that explores everything related to disinformation and online networks. To help us make sense of the global town square that is social media, in every episode, our host speaks to a fresh voice to uncover the good, bad, and fake online.

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