What is Gab: A bastion of free speech or an alt-right echo chamber

• Main Authors: ZANNETTOU, Savvas, BRADLYN, Barry, DE CRISTOFARO, Emiliano, KWAK, Haewoon, SIRIVIANOS, Michael, STRINGHINI, Gianluca, BLACKBURN, Jeremy
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Changepoint analysis; Hate speech; Social networks; Alt-right; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5663; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6666/viewcontent/3184558.3191531.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Over the past few years, a number of new "fringe" communities, like 4chan or certain subreddits, have gained traction on the Web at a rapid pace. However, more often than not, little is known about how they evolve or what kind of activities they attract, despite recent research has shown t...