The SOVA Center took part in a conference on cyber-hate issues

May 26, 2011 in Kyiv (Ukraine) an international conference "Tolerance and hate online: global challenge''. The event was organized by the Institute Human Rights and Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia (IHRPEX) and International Internet Hate Network (INACH). The conference was intended to attract attention of the public and state structures to the problem of excitation online hate.

At the beginning, Alexander Feldman (Institute human rights and countering extremism and xenophobia", member of the Rada of Ukraine).

Keynote speakers at the first panel of the conference were: Suzette Bronkhorst (Magenta Foundation, Netherlands), Ronald Eisens (Magenta Foundation, Netherlands), Vladimir Paniotto (National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", International Institute sociology, Ukraine), Natalia Yudina (Center "SOVA", Russia), Vadim Karasev (Institute for Global strategies, Ukraine). On the second panel - David Matas (Nobel Prize nominee) 2010 Peace Prize, Canada), François Dele (Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, Belgium), Daniel Weenboer (Complaint bureau Discrimination Internet, Netherlands), Dina Malandi (Civil Courage and Anti-Racism Work organization, Austria).

Members first panel "The Cyber-Hate Phenomenon: Hate Speech in Internet and its impact on real life" focused on examples of activity neo-Nazis on the Internet and their relationship with the real practice of the far right.

In his speech the representative of the SOVA Center dwelled in detail on such examples as: videos groups "Format-18" with scenes of torture by Nazi skinheads of homeless people and Asian guest workers; texts with "instructions on street terror" and manuals for the manufacture of explosives, which are actively used by right-wing radicals groupings; neo-Nazi Internet project "Great Game. Break the System", in within the framework of which several crimes of various kinds were committed - from tossing dummy bombs under the windows of the FSB department to direct attacks on "Caucasians". also in speech, it was noted that Ukraine is gradually becoming a haven for Russian right-wing radicals.

Participants of the second panel "Hate on the Internet: ways countermeasures" tried discuss the possibility of counteracting the appearance of such content in the Internet.

The participants discussed the boundaries of the fight against illegal content in Runet and respect for freedom of speech and discussed issues of controversy national legislations of the states of the world. Sources

• Own inf.
• See also:
• The internet needs to get better // Official site of the Institute of Human Rights and Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia. 2011. May 28.
• Human rights activist from Russia: Ukraine becomes a haven for Russian right-wing radicals // Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights. 2011. May 30.
• Sociologists told who Internet users hate the most // Comments.UA. 2011. May 26.
• The main targets of cyber hatred in Ukraine are politicians, nationalists, Russians, Westerners and Greek Catholics // ForUm. 2011. May 26.