Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
“In time we hate that which we often fear.” William Shakespeare
“Real dialogue isn’t about talking to people who believe the same things as you.” Zygmunt Bauman
“Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.” Germany Kent
Online hate speech is a worrying and complex phenomenon, which has deep cultural and social roots and brings new questions and challenges to the issue of freedom of expression on the web.
Only a collective commitment at the cultural and educational level can be the basis to counter it, promoting at the same time freedom and participation.
Silence hate aims at combating and preventing online hate speech against migrants and refugees by developing new and creative counter-narratives. An European media camp, training courses, workshops and media productions will involve journalists, activists, teachers and young people in Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Poland and United Kingdom. Moreover an online campaign covering the entire life of the project and national events will communicate and disseminate the activities and the results to the public.
Do you think you can talk to a wall? Have you ever raised walls in your life? What is the highest wall you had to overcome in your entire
After Catania and Naples, the “Silence hate” training course for teachers, educators and activists will take place this fall in three different Italian cities: Padova, Bologna and Firenze. Amnesty International,
It was great to meet again in Warsaw for second training of trainers within Silence Hate project. This meeting was focused on media education and howe to use it in
The European Federation of Journalists has published four online training modules for journalists, media professionals and civil society organisations. The modules focus on journalism practices, guidelines on dealing with hate
After the kick-off meeting last January in Florence, the eight partners of the Silence Hate project met in London for the second transnational meeting on 21st and 22nd June, organized
On June 15th to 17th 20 teachers, educators and youth workers gathered in Warsaw for a training on hate speech and alternative narrations as a tool to combat this dangerous
