Combatting online HAte Speech by engaging online mEdia (CHASE) project aims to define and respond to the challenges of tackling online gender-based hate speech in Cyprus, France, Greece and Italy.
Online gender-based hate speech is a global phenomenon taking a number of forms of abuse and violence, which have become a threat to the physical and psychosocial well-being of women and LGBTQI+ people. While there has been some emphasis on monitoring and advocating for better responses to social media-generated hate speech, a greater focus on the role of the media in perpetuating gendered hate speech narratives as well as combatting the effects will be introduced by the project.
The CHASE project recognises the importance of supporting media, in particular online media, to detect, avoid and counter gendered online hate speech. It also recognises that CSOs/NGOs and other human rights defenders can play an additional watchdog role.
The overall objective of the CHASE project is to establish and put into practice in Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy, a comprehensive mechanism which will support online media to successfully identify and respond to situations and instances of online gender-based hate speech.
The main components and key activities are:
- Research on the existing legal framework and identification of different patterns of online hate speech & response mechanisms for cases of online gender-based hate speech;
- Development of an innovative ICT tool detecting online gender-based hate speech;
Region/Country: Greece, Cyprus, France, Italy and the wider EU region
Timeframe/dates: 1 March 2024 to 28 February 2026
Lead partner is Media Diversity Global Institute (MDIG).
Other partners include:
Symplexis / Greece
Proto Thema /Greece
European Center for Human Rights (ECHR) / France
WAN-IFRA/ France
Center for Social Innovation (CSI) / Cyprus
Alpha TV/Cyprus
ITNL / Cyprus
CESIE / Italy
Funder: This project is funded by the European Union.
