As acknowledged by the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) Mapping study on cyberviolence: “Cyberviolence is the use of computer systems to cause, facilitate, or threaten violence against individuals that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering and may include the exploitation of the individual’s circumstances, characteristics or vulnerabilities.”
Hate speech online, although identified as one of the forms of cyberviolence by the T-CY, still remains a controversial concept against the general background of the freedom of speech and free Internet. The CyberEast project, in partnership with the Cybersecurity East project, has concluded the Cyberviolence series of activities with a webinar on Hate speech and relevant restrictive measures that took place on 26 February 2021, with more than 190 participants attending. International standards on hate speech, possible responses and measures to be undertaken, roles and responsibilities of various institutions and actors, and good practices when dealing with hate speech were presented and discussed.
- Learn more about the webinars in the Cyberviolence series:
- Learn more about the Council of Europe’s work on cyberviolence
- Learn more about the CyberEast project
