Cyberhate

James Bacigalupo is a doctoral student in the criminology and justice studies program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.Kevin Borgeson is associate professor of criminal justice at Salem State University and former Research Fellow for the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Robin Maria Valeri is professor of psychology and Director of the Center for Nonviolence at St. Bonaventure University.

• Chapter 1: Welcome to Cyberspace by Michael HoffmanChapter 2: Looks Can Be Deceiving: The Challenges of Recognizing Hate in Cyberspace byRobin Maria ValeriChapter 3: Is Hate Against the Law? Legal Responses to Cyberhate by Janine FodorChapter 4: Bitcoin: The Currency of White Supremacists by John BambenekChapter 5: Accelerating Hate: Atomwaffen Division, Contemporary Digital Fascism, andInsurrectionary Accelerationism by Michael Loadenthal, Samantha Hausserman, andMatthew ThierryChapter 6: When Cyberhate Turns to Violence: White Nationalism to the Manosphere by KevinBorgeson and James BacigalupoChapter 7: The Alt-Right: Breaking into the Mainstream by James Bacigalupo and KevinBorgesonChapter 8 Responding to Cyberhate by James Bacigalupo

This is an important book at just the right time. We are seeing an increase in hate crimes nationally and an increase in the role the internet is playing in encouraging bias motivated violence. The authors have described in a clear but detailed way the techniques internet sites and social media platforms use attract and retain visitors as well as the ways organized hate groups have used cryptocurrency to fund their organizations. This is a very important book for police, prosecutors and policy makers who are on the front lines fighting against hate and violence.