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September 19, 2025Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on CyberspaceOpen Access

Bystanders’ perceptions on online hate speech: Investigating the effects of perpetrators’ justifications and the bystander’s role on bystanders’ attitude and prosocial intervention intentions

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SPSara PabianUniversity of Antwerp

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Implication

Experiment reveals bystander roles and moral excuses influence attitudes towards online hate speech, suggesting need for intervention strategies.

Key Points

  • Bystanders’ intentions to intervene are influenced by their role as vicarious victims, showing higher offense perception.
  • Exposure to online hate speech with or without moral excuses did not significantly affect bystanders’ intervention intentions.
  • Age-related attitudes and previous experiences with online hate speech shaped responses during repeated measures in the experiment.
  • The presence of moral disengagement strategies did not change opinions about online hate speech in most scenarios observed.

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Sara Pabian (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d466af31b076d99fa653f3https://doi.org/10.5817/cp2025-4-6
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