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From: To: Subject: News Brief Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 21:00:39 +0000 Have a good weekend everyone... Justice Dept. to Close Troubled Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died The 233 people being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center will be moved, at least temporarily, while officials address conditions there. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/nyregion/MCC-epstein-jail-closed.html Hatescape: An In-Depth Analysis of Extremism and Hate Speech on TikTok — Institute for Strategic Dialogue (24 August 2021) TikTok is now one of the world's leading social media platforms, used by millions daily to create videos that are stylish, eye-catching and technically impressive and that inspire others to join in. The platform's videos give rise to countless viral trends across online platforms, with content spread across other social media sites. But TikTok is also popular with those intent on using online spaces to produce, post and promote hate and extremism. Academic research and news investigations have reported on the problematic side of TikTok, but there is still a significant knowledge gap on how unique aspects of the platform are used at scale to direct hatred at others. ISD set out to examine the state of hate on TikTok in two ways. The first objective involved analysing how individuals or groups promote hateful ideologies and target people on the platform based on numerous protected attributes such as ethnicity, religion, gender or others. The second objective in