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No Hate Speech Movement
The Community Games is supporting the No Hate Speech Movement. This is a Europe wide movement which Ireland joined earlier this year.
The Movement is a campaign of young people for human rights online.
The Internet has become a global space for creativity, communication and participation. Online, we can create, share and use media content in a variety of ways and with very little effort. This is even more the case on social networks, where we can upload, forward, comment or promote contents.
Internet users, and young people in particular, have a right to perceive their online interactions as benefiting from the freedoms of expression and information. Consequently they should expect what is communicated online to be uncensored. However, reality tells us that the online world is also a space where the values of human rights are often ignored or violated. Among others, hate speech online has become a major form of human rights abuse, with very serious consequences for people, both online and offline. Young people are directly concerned as victims, targets, active and passive agents. But hate speech affects all of society.
For more information check out the No Hate Speech Movement website and sign the petition to make July 22 the European Day for victims of hate crime. Please also like and follow them on facebook
The Movement is a campaign of young people for human rights online.
The Internet has become a global space for creativity, communication and participation. Online, we can create, share and use media content in a variety of ways and with very little effort. This is even more the case on social networks, where we can upload, forward, comment or promote contents.
Internet users, and young people in particular, have a right to perceive their online interactions as benefiting from the freedoms of expression and information. Consequently they should expect what is communicated online to be uncensored. However, reality tells us that the online world is also a space where the values of human rights are often ignored or violated. Among others, hate speech online has become a major form of human rights abuse, with very serious consequences for people, both online and offline. Young people are directly concerned as victims, targets, active and passive agents. But hate speech affects all of society.
For more information check out the No Hate Speech Movement website and sign the petition to make July 22 the European Day for victims of hate crime. Please also like and follow them on facebook
