by jakeloeffenames | 29 November 2021 | News
As in many parts of the world, the Asia-Pacific region has experienced the rise of populist and militarised governments, coinciding with a rise in hate speech and incitement to violence. The persecution of ethnic and religious minorities persists in many countries in...
by jakeloeffenames | 8 June 2021 | News
Identifying some of these gaps, as well as the needs of state and civil society actors to address hate and incitement in Europe was the aim of the FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum workshop co-organized by the Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) and the Swiss...
by jakeloeffenames | 21 January 2021 | News
The series aimed to increase the understanding of and raise awareness about online hate speech within the atrocity prevention community and beyond in the lead up to GAAMAC’s global meeting – GAAMAC IV – in November 2021. 15 panellists and more than 200 live...
by Camila Ponte | 16 December 2020 | News
However, by revolutionizing the way we communicate, the Internet and social media have also considerably amplified the rise of hate-fuelled rhetoric and polarization that we have seen in recent years. The Decoding Hate Speech online series was launched on 1 September...
by jakeloeffenames | 12 November 2020 | News
By Sylvia Servaes and Martin Mader of FriEnt (original version in German) With the Covid 19 pandemic, conspiracy theories have spread rapidly through social networks worldwide, but especially in Europe. Hate speech towards immigrants, Muslims, and Jews, but also...
