Sasha Havlicek on Mitigating the Spread of Online Extremism

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Companies, international organizations and government agencies are all working to identify and eliminate online hate speech and extremism. As Sasha Havlicek explains, it's a game of cat and mouse: as regulators develop effective tools and new policies, the extremists adapt their approach.

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