Twitter ‘Hate Map’ shows where racist, homophobic, and offensive tweets originate

Students at Humboldt State University in California individually reviewed 150,000 geocoded tweets containing racist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive terms to build a "hate map" indicating where people in the U.S. are most bigoted.

Twitter is under pressure to identify the racist users behind #unbonjuif

A French court ruled today that Twitter must identify its racist tweeters so they can be prosecuted, a decision that the social networking company is still evaluating.

Data scientists develop tool to exterminate spammers and trolls

According to a Silicon Valley-based startup, there is a "big data solution" for one of the Internet's most common afflictions.