Overview

Twitter - largest microblogging website in the world - 330 million global users.
Content is mostly unrestricted.
The Supreme Court has never created any category of speech that is defined by its hateful conduct.
Hate speech is defined as abusive or threatening speech that expresses prejudice against a particular group, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation.
What is considered ‘hate speech’ is a fine line between the first amendment and harmful conduct unto others.
With this project, we hope to determine what can be recognized as hate speech on a dataset of over 32,000 tweets.

Inspiration

59% of Americans believe online hate and harassment make hate crimes more common.
22% feel less safe in their community because of online hate.
85% want the government to act by improving training and resources for police on cyber hate.