Publications

Social Media Campaign

The results of the SafeNet social media campaign are now available. The social media campaign report details the social media efforts implemented in each partner country aimed at promoting a safe and inclusive online environment, raising awareness about the phenomenon of hate speech on social media.

The social media campaign report explains the concept and process, implementation, and dissemination of the social media campaign. The document also presents different social media campaigns produced and implemented by partners, their impact and reach. The report also provides insights on the implementation of dissemination and awareness raising strategy and info sheet dissemination.

It is estimated that the social media campaign has generated 650 posts and reached 172 319 users on social media.

Find out more about the SafeNet social media campaign here!

 

Annual Report

The annual report presents the SafeNet consortium and its results. The 24-month project Monitoring and Reporting for Safer Online Environments seeks to apply a comprehensive and intersectional approach in prevention and fight against intolerance, racism, and xenophobia online.

The project focuses on continuous monitoring and reporting hate speech content and awareness raising
by regular advocacy towards social media companies. The annual report therefore covers all the project’s milestones, giving a clear overview of the work achieved by the members of the SafeNet consortium. Since the beginning of the project, the consortium has reported 14,899 cases of online hate speech:

  • 4,158 cases have been removed or withheld, or 32.41%, while 9,718 are still online.
  • The most frequent ground for hate speech in the given period:  Sexual orientation: 21 %, Antigypsyism: 11 %, Multiple motives: 11 %, Racism: 11 %, Anti-Muslim hatred: 9 %.
  • 34% of all reports received a response within 24 hours from the platforms.

The consortium made great efforts to disseminate our results:

  • The social media campaign has generated 703 posts and reached 182,058 users.
  • The dissemination of fact sheets produced 558 posts and reached 151,071 users.

Find out more about the SafeNet annual report here!