Rising Levels of Hate Speech on Social Media During the 2024 Election Campaign
A recent study conducted by the Data & Democracy Research Hub and the Alliance of Independent Journalists Indonesia (AJII) has shown a significant increase in hate speech on social media platforms and online news sites. The research, which took place from September 1, 2023, to January 2024, is visualized through an AI-based dashboard launched at https://aji.or.id/hate-speech-monitoring.
This dashboard tracks hate speech in real time on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, and some online news articles. The MDDRH team's findings showed that hate speech appeared most frequently on Twitter, at 51.2%. Meanwhile, hate speech was 45.15% on Facebook and 3.34% on Instagram. Data visualization of hate speech during the election has gained attention from several media outlets such as Tempo.co, Kompas.com, Beritasatu.com, and Katadata.