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Civil society groups need better AI tools for monitoring online extremism

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A new paper, "Ctrl-F-Resist," highlights the technical needs of civil society organizations (CSOs) monitoring far-right activities online. These organizations often rely on manual processes due to a lack of tailored tools, with enhanced search capabilities being a primary need. While CSOs are open to AI-assisted features like media processing, they express skepticism towards automated classification due to trust and legal concerns. The paper proposes a conceptual monitoring workflow and an open-source Telegram prototype to address these challenges, introducing the concept of the "manual labor trap" to explain persistent low-capacity arrangements. AI

IMPACT Highlights the need for more accessible AI tools for specialized monitoring tasks, potentially influencing future AI development for social good applications.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing research findings and proposing a conceptual workflow and prototype.

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Civil society groups need better AI tools for monitoring online extremism

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Elisabeth Steffen, Helena Mihaljevi\'c ·

    Ctrl-F-Resist. Practices, Challenges, and Technical Needs of Civil Society Organizations Monitoring the Far-Right Online

    arXiv:2609.00808v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As far-right actors increasingly exploit online platforms to disseminate ideology and mobilize supporters, civil society organizations (CSOs) play a vital yet underrecognized role in monitoring antidemocratic dynamics online. Unli…

  2. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Helena Mihaljević ·

    Ctrl-F-Resist. Practices, Challenges, and Technical Needs of Civil Society Organizations Monitoring the Far-Right Online

    As far-right actors increasingly exploit online platforms to disseminate ideology and mobilize supporters, civil society organizations (CSOs) play a vital yet underrecognized role in monitoring antidemocratic dynamics online. Unlike fact-checkers or content moderators, CSOs engag…

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