Selm Project hacking hate Hackathon
- 1. GREEK TEAM Apostolidis Dimos, Valkani Georgia, Golatsis Chris, Foutsitzi Evi SELMA “Hacking Hate” Hackathon BERLIN Dec, 5-6 2018
- 2. Who are we? ● We are a group of students from the High School of Tychero, Greece. ● Tychero is a village of about 2.500 residents, at the entrance of Europe.
- 3. ● We might be only 30 students in our school but we are actually really active and into new things and ideas. Who are we?
- 4. How we came up with this idea The problem ● Young people encounter hate speech incidents as a part of their daily digital life. ● This subject is not sufficiently covered in many schools. The solution Fight the problem through: ● education and ● awareness of young people
- 5. Our product ● An app for smart phones ● As an appealing way to approach young people who... ● prefer mobile devices rather than desktop computers or even books. Target group:12+
- 6. Let’s think… about hate speech Do we have the right to express ourselves even if our words can harm people or cause crimes? Does the person or the media play a role on the impact that words could have? Are there borders between hate and free speech? Can all offensive expressions incite hatred or violence? Is there a light and heavy form of hate speech?
- 7. HOMEPAGE ● There will be 6 components/ sections displayed on the first screen, that can be chosen by the user.
- 8. 1. HATE OR FREE SPEECH? ● User reads some sentences and has to decide whether those words can be considered as a hate or free speech. ● An assessment icons scale will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- 9. 2. HUMAN RIGHTS ● An activity based on human rights. ● Real hate speech examples will be displayed and user has to indicate, from a list given, which human right is being violated. ● List: Right to Life/ right to respect for private and family life/etc.
- 10. 3.FIND THE VICTIM ● Bias and stereotypes motivate hate speech. ● Children are exposed in stereotypes since early childhood. ● User reads an expression that can be considered as bias and chooses, from a list, the group of people that are targeted. ● This way we undermask the background of hate speech.
- 11. 4. TAKE ACTION-TIPS ● What should we do when we face hate speech online? Should we ignore it or take action? ● Here are some tips... Tips ✓ Reporting to the service provider ✓ Liking or sharing someone else’s positive post ✓ Replying to negative posts with supportive, kind or positive comment about a targeted group ✓ Discussing with a parent, an adult, a teacher or an expert. ✓ Blocking the person who wrote it ✓
- 12. 5. REPORTING TOOLS In this section, a list of reporting tools will be displayed on the screen that links to sites like ● www.nohatespeechmovement.org
- 13. 6. ON LINE PETITION ● In this section, there is going to be a “supportive” text and/or a list of demands, in the form of an online petition, encouraging people to support anti-hate speech movements. ● The user will be able to sign, anonymously or not. ● When it comes to younger children, they will be prompted to ask for their parents’ contribution. ● Data will be collected and published.
- 14. What do we need to make it happen?