Countering Online Hate Speech

Author
Iginio GagliardoneDanit GalThiago AlvesGabriela Martinez
Corporate Author
UNESCO
ISBN
ISBN 978-92-3-100105-5 (eng); ISBN 978-92-3-200071-2 (fre); ISBN 978-92-3-600040-4 (ara); ISBN 978-92-3-000154-4 (bur)
Collation
71 p.
Resource Language
EnglishFrenchArabic
Year of publication
2015

The present report provides a global overview of the dynamics characterizing hate speech online and some of the measures that have been adopted to counteract and mitigate it, highlighting good practices that have emerged at the local and global levels. While the study offers a comprehensive analysis of the international, regional and national normative frameworks developed to address hate speech online, and their repercussions for freedom of expression, it places particular emphasis on social and non-regulatory mechanisms that can help to counter the production, dissemination and impact of hateful messages online.