Training manuals published by the project consortium:
What is online hate speech? This comprehensive guide explains the perspectives of victims, perpetrators and bystanders, the effectiveness of counter-communication, and provides an easy-to-follow overview of hate speech regulation in different EU regions. 72 pages, 2020 [DOWNLOAD]
What is propaganda? What is disinformation? How do you spot a bot? This manual provides practical insights from first-line practitioners about critical thinking and media literacy. 16 pages, 2020 [SIGN UP]
Responding and Reacting to Hate
What do you do once you have encountered a hateful message? Which strategies work and which do not? What is the difference between a response and a reaction? Useful do’s and don’ts based on 5 years of campaigning. 9 pages, 2020 [SIGN UP]
A concise overview of edgy memes, shitposting terminology and the underlying ideologies. What is the Great Replacement, and why are SJWs cuck snowflakes that need to be redpilled? 6 pages, 2020 [SIGN UP]
People say things in cyberspace that they would not ordinarily say face-to-face, which may result in ruder language, harsher criticisms, anger, hatred or threats. This manual gives practical tips on how to stay safe and sane when responding to online hate. 8 pages, 2020 [SIGN UP]
Technical reports published by consortium experts:
A comment on the European Commission's proposal for a Digital Services Act, for DTCT partners and upstanders. 7 pages, 2021 [DOWNLOAD]
Standing up to online hate requires a lot of confidence and creativity. Responses should not be toxic yet need to have some kind of impact (they should be prickly). AI could help. 9 pages, 2021 [DOWNLOAD]
Annotating Illegal Hate Speech
We describe our method of creating annotation guidelines for potentially illegal hate speech and the empirical analysis of Twitter data. 8 pages, 2021 [DOWNLOAD]
Over 1,000 upstanders responded to toxic messages with memes and text, leading to new, real-life insights on self-regulatory approaches against online hate. 15 pages, 2021 [DOWNLOAD]
Useful third-party resources:
Courage Against Hate [PDF]
Facebook 2021, 129 pages
Propaganda, Disinformation, and the Power of Words: Media and Language Use [PDF]
Dr. Anna Szilágyi. Get The Trolls Out! 2019, 16 pages
Stopping hate: How to counter hate speech on Twitter? [PDF]
Paul Igansky & Abe Sweiry. Get The Trolls Out! 2016, 6 pages
The NGO Handbook: Campaigning on Twitter [PDF]
Twitter. 2017, 92 pages
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