April 18, 2025 Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life. In a new paper entitled "Citizen preferences for online hate speech regulation" authored by Professor Andy Guess and colleagues, researchers run a study to explore regulation preferences around online hate speech and in-group bias. "In a world that is increasingly digitally connected, hate speech has become a central concern across the globe. Using thousands of synthetic social media posts and putting participants into the role of a content moderator, this study breaks ground by providing rich evidence on public preferences for what should or should not be allowed online."Read the overview written by Ambreen Ali on Princeton SPIA's website.