2023 | Weaponized Laughter: Memes and Hate in the Canadian Digital Landscape

Part of the Online Hate Research and Education Project by the Toronto Holocaust Museum

Role: Co-creator, Co-author, Designer

Photograph in cover artwork by Tetyana Kovrina for Pexels

Full 70-page report is available for free at hatepedia.ca/educate.

"WEAPONIZED LAUGHTER: MEMES AND HATE IN THE CANADIAN DIGITAL LANDSCAPE" Title above a warped gresycale photograph of the Canadian Parliament buildings with the Rideau Canal in the foreground.
"This report contains and references imagery depicting slurs, hateful messaging, and graphic violence. Discretion is advised."
"CONTENTS Foreword 5 Executive Summary 6 Introduction 7 About OHREP 8 About Hatepedia 8 Methodology 10 The Hallmarks of Hate 11 Affiliations 12 Degree of Hate 12 Limitations 13 By the Numbers 14 Targets and the Hallmarks of Hate 15 Ideologies and Mov
"In addition to known affiliations, some memes posted by anonymous accounts are included as neo-Nazi memes, either because the poster self-identified as a Nazis or because the message promoted neo-Nazism directly and specifically. Most of these come
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