PEN International is participating this week at the No Hate Speech Movement European Campaign Conference, held in Strasbourg, 6-10th November.
The conference, organised by the Council of Europe, is part of the Campaign of Young People for Human Rights Online and brings together the main players and actors for the campaign at European and national levels to review and discuss the objectives and strategies of the campaign and to plan together the programme of major activities of the No Hate Speech Movement.
The campaign is not run to limit freedom of expression online. The campaign is against the expressions of hate speech online in all its forms, including those that most affect young people, such as forms of cyber-bullying and cyber-hate. The campaign is based upon human rights education, youth participation and media literacy. It aims at reducing hate speech and at combating racism and discrimination in their online expression.
You may find more information on the campaign here
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