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STOP HATE

2019-1-BE04-KA105-0024542019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: BE|DK|DE|ES|HU|RO · Grant: €18,084
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)ICT - new technologies - digital competencesHome and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law)

Objectives

The main aim of “STOP HATE” is to equip youth workers with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop practical tools and counter-arguments to online hate speech which they can use in work with young people. In this regard, the specific objectives of the project for youth workers are: -To recognize what online hate speech is. -To know the difference between freedom of speech and what is prohibited, such as illegal hate speech. -To understand how social media is used to recruit followers to the hate speech narrative, especially the terroristic ones, and ideas and their influence on young people. -To provide advice and information regarding the different institutions promoting the respect and the protection of human rights across Europe. -To introduce youth workers the “Bookmarks” (revised version 2016). The manual for combating hate speech online through human rights education. -To strengthen the role of youth organisations in identifying and speaking up against illegal online hate speech and those human rights violations affecting especially young people. -To develop youth workers’ competencies in planning cross border and international campaign for countering online hate speech.

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