How can we counter online hate speech?

Here’s how you can help combat hate speech online and stop the spread of violent actions:

1. Hold platforms accountable for hate speech.
2. Raise awareness of the problem.
3. Support people who are targets of hate speech.
4. Boost positive messages of tolerance.
5. Notify organizations fighting hate about the worst instances you see.

How do you ignore haters on social media?

Here are a few tips:

1. Always challenge the message, never the person who spread it.
2. Use facts and data to call out generalisation and inaccuracies.
3. Display the harm of hate speech by showing a different perspective.
4. Be polite in your reply, don’t become abusive yourself.
5. Take a breath.

Is hate speech protected?

While “hate speech” is not a legal term in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that most of what would qualify as hate speech in other western countries is legally protected free speech under the First Amendment.

How do you deal with hate comments?

How to Deal with “Haters”

1. What is a “Hater?”
2. How to Deal with Haters.
3. Ignore it. Walk away.
4. Block online haters.
5. Be kind and respectful, even to haters.
6. Stick with supporters.
7. Remind yourself that comments from a hater are a reflection of them and aren’t really about you.
8. Understand criticism can be a sign of pain.

How can we tackle hate speech and hate crimes?

End impunity against hate crimes: Impunity against hate crimes can be tackled by establishing monitoring and evaluation units in newsrooms. These units would then be tasked with monitoring hate speech trends, compiling reports and bringing these to the attention of key institutions and the civil society.

Why shouldn’t States experiment with their own version of hate speech?

Why shouldn’t the states experiment with their own version of hate speech statutes to penalize speech that deliberately insults people based on religion, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation? All speech is not equal. And where truth cannot drive out lies, we must add new guardrails.

How do we counter tribalised hate speech?

Education on media ethics: Countering tribalised hate speech begins by a realization that while freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, the emergence of social media has created multiple platforms for the production, packaging and dissemination of hate speech.

Should there be a legal doctrine for proscribable hate speech?

For example, Mari Matsuda, a law professor at Georgetown University, has advocated creating a legal doctrine defining proscribable hate speech from a basis in cases where the message is one of racial inferiority, the message is directed against a historically oppressed group, and the message tends to persecute or is otherwise hateful and degrading.