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Documenting	B-General_Concept
Hate	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
ProPublica	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
journalistic	O
,	O
academic	O
,	O
and	O
computing	O
organizations	O
,	O
for	O
systematic	O
tracking	O
of	O
hate	O
crimes	O
and	O
bias	O
incidents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
also	O
used	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
techniques	O
to	O
monitor	O
and	O
collect	O
news	O
stories	O
about	O
hate	O
crimes	O
and	O
bias	O
incidents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documenting	B-General_Concept
Hate	I-General_Concept
was	O
created	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
ProPublica	O
's	O
dissatisfaction	O
with	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
reporting	O
and	O
tracking	O
of	O
evidence	O
of	O
hate	O
crimes	O
and	O
bias	O
incidents	O
after	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
presidential	O
election	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
ProPublica	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Documenting	B-General_Concept
Hate	I-General_Concept
News	O
Index	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Cloud	O
Natural	O
Language	O
API	O
for	O
automated	O
monitoring	O
and	O
collection	O
of	O
news	O
stories	O
about	O
hate	O
crimes	O
and	O
bias	O
incidents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	O
uses	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Index	O
is	O
a	O
joint	O
project	O
of	O
ProPublica	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
News	O
Lab	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
studio	O
Pitch	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
thousands	O
of	O
incidents	O
had	O
been	O
reported	O
via	O
Documenting	B-General_Concept
Hate	I-General_Concept
.	O
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<s>
A	O
policy	O
analyst	O
for	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Data	O
Innovation	O
(	O
an	O
affiliate	O
of	O
the	O
Information	O
Technology	O
and	O
Innovation	O
Foundation	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
supporting	O
ProPublica	O
's	O
critique	O
of	O
the	O
present	O
state	O
of	O
hate-crime	O
statistics	O
,	O
and	O
praising	O
ProPublica	O
for	O
drawing	O
attention	O
to	O
the	O
problem	O
,	O
has	O
argued	O
that	O
a	O
nongovernmental	O
project	O
like	O
Documenting	B-General_Concept
Hate	I-General_Concept
cannot	O
solve	O
it	O
unaided	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
intervention	O
at	O
the	O
federal	O
level	O
is	O
needed	O
.	O
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