Data privacy
...a) Facebook and Instagram of Meta Platforms Inc, 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; http://www.facebook.com/policy.php; further information on data collection: http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084 and http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo. Meta Platforms Inc. is certified to protect your data in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Link to the certification: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active b)...
Facebook landmark case
...it to appear in thousands of feeds and be shared further. Users of social networks were previously powerless when misquotes spread quickly and uncontrollably online. Photo: Pexels/William Fortunato And even outside the digital bubble, consequences quickly become apparent for those affected if offensive, false and illegal content...
DSA User Guide
...specialised in tackling online violence we can help. Feel free to get in touch with us via legal@hateaid.org. 3. Call for out-of-court settlement For an independent assessment of your case you can seek an out-of-court settlement. An out-of-court settlement can be arranged by an independent institution, for...
Open Letter from HateAid gGmbH and Counter Extremism Project to the governments of Sweden, Ireland and Finland
Are you safeguarding freedom of speech online or protecting the Big Tech? To: Mrs Heather Humphreys TD, Minister of Justice of Ireland Mrs Anna-Maja Henriksson, Minister of Justice of Finland Mr Morgan Johansson, Minister of Justice and Migration of Sweden Dear Ministers, The non-paper on Digital...
Lawsuit against Twitter: HateAid and the European Union of Jewish Students submit landmark case
...the future, even if they are not personally affected from violations of their rights. To date, users have been at the mercy of an arbitrary and untransparent practice of moderation. For several years, we have been observing a massive spread of antisemitic statements on the internet. Particularly on social...
Twitter landmark case
...where a social network was prosecuted for this by the authorities. This is why civil society has to get involved, looking for ways to demand the removal of such content. We as an NGO act as representative for the affected communities which are subject to hostility and incitements of hatred...
This is HateAid
...“Democracy thrives on the participation of all. We are therefore watching the escalation of online violence with great concern: more and more people are being insulted, threatened and deliberately forced out of public discourse online. Those who stand up for our open, diverse, democratic society are often affected most of...
Safe to engage: Protection against hate for committed people
...Act, platforms are obliged to minimise risks for public debate and elections. Among other things, by adapting their algorithms and moderating content. This means that politicians, for example, must be particularly protected from organised attacks and disinformation campaigns, especially immediately before and during elections, and that violence must not be...
The DSA: Five recommendations
...– are central to the generation and spreading of anti-Arab and/or North African, anti-Muslim and anti-migrant content online. (5) Revealing organisation behind a broader anti-minority discourse targeted at non-white and non-Christian populations. Against woman, silencing techniques are often sexualised, including rape threats and image-based abuse. We would need another article...
Small changes – big effect: how hate on the internet can be reduced
...take arbitrary action against digital violence. Adjustments to product design and algorithms are usually not transparent, and policies, once introduced, are hardly reliable. After the takeover by Elon Musk, for example, Twitter has repeatedly made headlines with decisions to reinstate previously suspended accounts and staff cuts to moderation teams. More...