Can Algorithms Hate? Social Media, LGBTQ Discourse and Youth Safety in the Nordic Region

Nordic countries pride themselves on digital integration and LGBTQ+ protection, but how that be reconciled with algorithms specifically designed to maximize engagement with divisive content? What if a single engagement – just one click on a video – could reshape what a teenager sees for the next six months?

NORDREF, Transfeminiinit, the National Queer Organisation of Iceland and the Violence Prevention School (OFsi) present new research results into social media algorithms, inviting Nordic experts to answer the question: Can algorithms hate? In an age of algorithms and AI, who controls what we think? Opening remarks by the President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir.