How One Agency Is Targeting Online Hate Speech Using Artificial Intelligence

You should attend Adweek's Elevate: AI summit March 6 in New York. Hate speech isn't a new problem, but in the social media age, the rate at which it can be spread has exponentially increased. But can artificial intelligence help stop it? Agency Possible and its longtime partners at social media marketing software company Spredfast wanted to do something to slow the rate at which hate can spread online. That's why they launched WeCounterHate, a campaign which "counters" such messages on Twitter with a donation to a nonprofit organization fighting hate for every retweet.