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Countering Hate Seminar Series

Starting in November 2021

Countering Online Hate and its Offline Consequences in Conflict-Fragile Settings: A Seminar Series

Seminars will take place on Wednesdays from 10-11 AM, EST. For more specific details regarding speakers and topics, please see the schedule listed below.

November 17, 2021

George Weiss
“Weapons of mass Instruction? Inoculating against incitement: the potential of edutainment and psycho-education"

November 24, 2021

Silvio Waisbord
Fighting digital hate against journalists: Lessons for countering hate speech

December 15, 2021

Mark Nelson and Heather Gilberds
"Confronting Hard Truths: Media Reform in Fragile Societies"

January 12, 2022

Talita Dias
"Tackling Online Hate Speech through Content Moderation: The Legal Framework Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights"

January 26, 2022

Vefa Veisalova and David Nyheim
"Towards an Integrated and Inter-Disciplinary Approach to Tackle Hate Speech and Divisive Narratives in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts"

February 9, 2022

Matti Pohjonen and Iginio Gagliardone
"Re-defining online hate speech: Frameworks and realities in rapidly evolving political contexts"

February 16, 2022

Katya Vogt and Sheila Scott
Building indivdual and community resliance to manipulative information online hate -- lessons learned"