What is ‘counter speech’ and is it a more powerful alternative to censorship?

Scarlett Croft talks to Stefanie Ullmann about her research into harmful online content and strategies for combatting prejudice and hate. Scarlett also asks about how automated systems like Siri and Alexa should be programmed to respond when spoken to in an aggressive or sexist manner.

Music by Coby O’Brien
Produced by Rebekah King

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