Emoji-based hate is on the rise (but new detection techniques can make it harder to hide)

New approaches in machine learning do a better job of detecting emoji-based hate

The final minutes of the final game of the 2020 European Championship at Wembley Stadium last July didn’t go well for England. After coming so close to winning a major championship following a decades-long dry spell, the team ultimately lost to Italy in a penalty shootout. But those final minutes and their aftermath were much worse for three of the…