#Kriegstreiber: With warmonger accusations into the middle of society
...yet, campaigns like this present platforms with a dilemma: On the one hand, they are under no obligation to act. On the other hand, they watch themselves and their algorithms, being misused for targeted and strategic war propaganda. For it is above all polarising content that is frequently shared and...
Consultation
...are: Someone has insulted or threatened you in hate comments. Your personal information has been posted online without your permission. You have been sent nude pictures without being asked. False claims are spread about you on social media. You are attacked in online groups. Someone has posted intimate pictures of...
#TwitterTrial in Berlin: Gallery
...(President, European Union of Jewish Students) © HateAidDownload Josephine Ballon (Head of Legal, HateAid) © HateAidDownload Avital Grinberg (President, European Union of Jewish Students) and Josephine Ballon (Head of Legal, HateAid) © HateAidDownload Josephine Ballon (Head of Legal, HateAid) and Avital Grinberg (President, European Union of Jewish Students) © HateAidDownload...
#Kriegstreiber: How a hashtag spreads propaganda
...as an example. A penchant for hate speech and Kremlin-friendly content: The people behind #Warmonger In our latest research, we analysed posts on Twitter that mention the term “warmonger”. 18,000 times the term was shared between the start of the war in February 2022 and mid-June. Just for comparison:...
Deepfakes and dick pics: EU protects women from digital violence
...be new laws against image-based online violence.” HateAid has been advocating and campaigning for comprehensive protection against gender-based online violence in the political process leading to the new directive. The focus of this commitment has been on criminalising the dissemination of nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes and unsolicited sending of...
Unsatisfied and helpless: New Poll on Digital Violence shows how social media platforms are failing users
...union to combat gender based violence – both online and offline. As a result, the Commission has now proposed a regulation on implementation of minimum standards in order to tackle rising gender based violence. I hope that the proposal will be an important tool to combat the current situation where...
Digital Services Act: With an international petition to the EU 30,000 people call for an end to digital violence against women
...of intimate images EU-wide. Oblige online platforms to remove illegal content! Reported illegal content must not continue to remain online for months. Let users decide what is displayed on social media! Users must be able to have a choice when it comes to recommender systems. Make courts accessible to users!...
Digital Services Act
...threats and sexual harassment: every second young woman is the target of digital violence on social media. Facebook, X (Twitter) and online platforms alike have so far done too little to combat hate on their platforms. With the new EU law, the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU...
EU visit of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen: Protest in Brussels against hate speech, dick pics, and online attacks
...posts in social media, and stronger sanctions for sexualised violence online, with a special focus on the abuse of nude photos online.” Thousands of Europeans have already joined HateAid and the civil society alliance of 18 European organisations, including the French initiative Stop Fisha. Together, they are calling on...
Digital Services Act could fail millions affected by online violence
...online, HateAid finds it impossible to follow this reasoning, considering how hard and expensive it is to go to a court. Also, no changes were introduced to make communication with online platforms easier for users. HateAid has called on the EU to oblige very large online platforms to establish...