Research That Moves at the Speed of Hate
From Diagnosis to Solutions in Tackling the Normalisation of Hate in Digital Spaces
November 18-19, 2025 • NYU, New York City
AddressHate, in partnership with NYU, is convening top technologists, researchers, and cross-sector leaders for a vital two-day working session on AI and the fight against digital hate. Unlike a traditional conference, this closed-door symposium is designed to uncover critical gaps, test AI-driven solutions, and build collaborations that lead to tangible, real-world impact.
Over two days, participants will move from diagnosis to solutions: mapping the problem of online hate, developing transparent classification systems, designing context-aware AI, and testing scalable counterspeech and de-radicalisation interventions.
This symposium is not just a conversation — it is a working meeting with tangible outputs. Each session will generate principles, prototype frameworks, and collaborative roadmaps, culminating in a Vision 2026 plan for actionable cross-sector partnerships.
About AddressHate
Founded in 2024 by Joshua Laterman and the Laterman Family Foundation, AddressHate was born from a simple but urgent concern: how can we stop the growth of hate online? What began as his children’s call to action has become a global effort to harness technology and research to identify the sources of hate, root out the mechanisms of its spread, and develop innovative solutions to disrupt and ultimately end it. At the heart of our mission is the belief that hate can be treated like a code — and broken.
Purpose of the Symposium
The symposium will explore how research and technology can work hand-in-hand to combat the spread of digital hate through innovative, technology-first approaches to tools, interventions, and policy. Framing our work are three guiding questions:
Where does hate start?
How is it disseminated?
How can technology and research combine to address and combat it?