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Addressing Hate Speech: Educational Responses Year of publication: 2022 Author: Nicole Fournier-Sylvester Corporate author: UNESCO | UN. Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect This paper is part of a collection of discussion papers, commissioned and produced by UNESCO and the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG).The papers are a direct contribution to the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action and are published in the context of the Multistakeholder Forum and Ministerial Conference on Addressing Hate Speech through Education in September and October 2021.The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pertinence of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action, generating a wave of hate speech across the world –further exacerbating intolerance and discrimination towards particular groups and destabilizing societies and political systems. The discussion papers seek to unpack key issues related to this global challenge and propose possible responses and recommendations. 
Spot and Fight Disinformation Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: European Commission The pandemic demonstrated just how fast misleading or false information can spread online. With this toolkit, secondary school teachers can help their students separate what is real from what is fake when they are browsing online. The toolkit is comprised of an editable presentation (which includes real life examples and group exercises) and an instruction booklet for teachers. 
Hate Speech on Facebook in Jordan: A Survey Year of publication: 2018 Author: Nasser Al-Rahamna Corporate author: Middle East University This study aimed to define the concept of hate speech and its various forms. It focused on studying hate speech on Facebook, and studied the implications of this speech on Jordanian society. The study used the descriptive method. It ended with a set of solutions to this phenomenon. 
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence in an era of generative AI Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO <Short summary>Experiments reveal how generative AI facilitates gender-based violence Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) — deep-learning models that create voice, text, and image — are revolutionizing the way people access information and produce, receive and interact with content. While technological innovations like ChatGPT, DALL-E and Bard offer previously unimaginable gains in productivity, they also present concerns for the overall protection and promotion of human rights and for the safety of women and girls.The arrival of generative AI introduces new, unexplored questions: what are the companies’ policies and normative cultures that perpetuate technology-facilitated gender-based violence and harms? How do AI-based technologies facilitate gender-specific harassment and hate speech? What “prompt hacks” can lead to gendered disinformation, hate speech, harassment, and attacks? What measures can companies, governments, civil society organisations and independent researchers take to anticipate and mitigate these risks?A combination of measures are proposed to be put in place by generative AI companies and the technology companies that platform them, regulators and policy makers, by civil society organisations and independent researchers, as well as users. 
Digital initiatives for indigenous languages Year of publication: 2023 Author: Genner Llanes-Ortiz Corporate author: UNESCO | Global Voices (Amsterdam) <Short summary> Supported by UNESCO and Global Voices’ Rising Voices (RV), this toolkit extends the efforts of dedicated Indigenous digital practitioners. It illustrates how internet and other digital tools can be utilized to conserve, revive, and promote Indigenous languages, as well as other marginalized or minority languages.This toolkit has been co-designed in close partnership with both established and emerging networks of Indigenous digital practitioners, language advocates, and collaborators, within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The toolkit promotes the foundation of language preservation, revival, and promotion on eight key approaches:Facilitating, Multiplying, Normalizing, Educating, Reclaiming, Imagining, Defending and Protecting. It also offers a curated list of valuable resources, including guides, tutorials, and manuals for utilizing digital tools. In conjunction with the advisory group established for the toolkit’s preparation and other collaborating organizations, it presents a wealth of inspiring stories showcasing innovative projects that have made a significant impact on languages at local, national, or global levels.Finally, the toolkit is openly licensed as an Open Educational Resource. It is expected that the toolkit will continue to evolve and grow as the needs of language users and digital language defenders and promoters change alongside the introduction of new technological solutions, innovation and creativity. 
Bank of Digital Task Sheets Corporate author: Council of Europe Around forty sheets of tasks anchored in real life and reflective tasks are available. The proposed tasks implement the didactic framework that promotes a socio-interactional approach and extends the usual typology of tasks with tasks anchored in real life.These tasks, carried out on online participatory sites, allow the people who carry them out to experience both authentic (inter)actions and digital citizenship.Alongside these tasks, reflective tasks invite learners to reflect on online practices and in particular on their own uses of digital technology. They are to be adapted according to the contexts of use and provide examples of the implementation of the approach defined in the Didactic Framework. 
Citizens as Users of Languages and Digital Technology Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) | Council of Europe A recent meta-analysis of the literature portrays male and female citizens who are users of languages and digital technologies. This helps to understand the goals of an education aimed at developing male and female citizens capable of using digital technology in a competent, informed, safe, responsible, ethical, and critical manner. 
Developing Digital Citizenship and Language Competences Year of publication: 2023 Author: Christian Ollivier | Catherine Jeanneau Corporate author: European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) The profile of citizens who use languages and digital tools helps to define the objectives to pursue in language training that incorporates digital citizenship education. The Didactic Framework outlines a socio-interactional approach that enables this integration. 
The Butterfly Effect on Social Networks Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Canada Learning Code This video shows the dangers of the internet and social networks through the story of 12-year-old Amira in the form of a comic strip. 
Fighting Against Disinformation and Hate Speech Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Association of Guinean Bloggers (ABLOGUI) This online MOOC is completely free. It is offered by the Association des Blogueurs de Guinée (ABLOGUI) through the IMPACT project (Implication of Digital Media in the Active Prevention of Conflicts and Tensions). It aims at raising awareness among young Guineans of the dangers of misinformation and hate speech, and to equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to combat information disorder in a digital world.