Himanshu Panday

Meta is ending its ties with fact-checkers and transitioning to community notes. How will this move impact South Asia? We analyzed fact-checks and misinformation posts at X from across South Asia to understand community notes' role in resisting misinformation. Click link in bio.

This week’s cognitive fallacy is the Empathy Gap—our tendency to underestimate how emotions distort our perception and influence decisions, especially in heightened states of mind. Swipe to learn more.

In this week's #DiD_EvidentlySo, swipe to discover how unfollowing hyper-partisan accounts on social media can reduce political animosity and improve well-being and how following science-focused influencers can boost curiosity and satisfaction. Read more in our bio.

This week’s cognitive fallacy is Negativity Bias—our tendency to focus more on negative moments than positive ones, even when they might show up less often in life. Swipe to learn more.

When you encounter something that seems like misinformation and search online to verify it, you're often more likely to believe it. Search engines are creating data voids(gaps in quality information) that allow propaganda and falsehoods to flourish. MIL needs to evolve too!

This week’s cognitive fallacy is Belief Perseverance—the tendency to stick to your beliefs, even when evidence points to the contrary. Swipe to read more.

What is the link between nationalism and being a conspiracy theorist? Swipe to read this week's #DiD_EvidentlySo pick. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

In this week's #DiD_EvidentlySo, swipe to learn why it's important to flag and moderate deceptive content, which might be factually accurate. Read more in our bio.

DiD is launching a new series! Presenting #EvidentlySo, a weekly post featuring emerging research and evidence around digital culture and online toxicity. Today’s research evaluates the success of misinformation interventions across three countries–the US, Poland, and Hong Kong.

'Hate, online or offline is a systematic failure... We need to reimagine what these systems look like, and that cannot happen without young people being at the center of them. Fighting #hatespeech requires investing in youth agency.' @DignityinDiffer's @pandayhim #YouthLead💪

We have some exciting news! DiD has been nominated for the WSIS Prize under the category, "Building confidence and security in use of ICTs". WSIS process is coordinated by ITU, in collaboration with UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD to promote Information and Communication Technologies (1/4)

Join @pandayhim explore how we can use thick-big data to support citizen science and design justice as a way of helping us understand and address online gender-based violence. 📅 Wed Feb 21, 2024 18:00 - 19:30 CET 📌 Online, Zoom Join here ⤵️ buff.ly/3wajScA

Who decides what is discriminatory, and how? How do we track algorithmic failures based on the cultural nuances of gender-based harassment? How do we ensure survivors lead the change? (1/3)

All of these words in the next photo were used to call a woman in a video asking for equal pay a pros****te in Hindi (from data submitted to VoiceValor). Moderation safety nets have higher chances of flagging the first word than the rest.

📣📣 Attention feminist YouTube creators and allies! Have you been affected by misogynistic comments on your content? Do you wonder if platforms can do a better job in recognizing and moderating such content? Do you wish you had more agency in reducing online misogyny? (1/5)

Who here has seen someone changing their mind because a person online made them rethink their hate comment? It's rare that such interactions lead to increased kindness and reflection. (1/5) @pandayhim @lonelydignity

"People deserve the benefit of the doubt, but information? Always hold it up to a cold white light." - A.D. Aliwat  We have all seen myths becoming legends, lies paving the path to power, and a family member believing the whitest lie from their online echo chamber. (1/5)

If you wish to support us by annotating parts of this dataset, comment below and we will DM you a link to our internal platform. (4/4) @pandayhim @lonelydignity

"What is the goal of #peace #education?” 🎙️ Co- Founder of @DignityinDiffer @pandayhim shares his views. 💬 👉About Himanshu Panday: Co-founder of Dignity in Difference, he is digital crusader against online hate speech in South Asia through research, training and advocacy.

👩‍💻👩‍💻Over the past few months, DiD has been building some exciting things. We are eager to welcome you onboard 🤩 Coming on a smartphone near you soon🤳🏻🤳🏻 #hatespeech #discrimination