What is the Hatebusters project?
The Hatebusters project is a two-year Erasmus+ EU project that includes five partner organizations from five different European countries who work together on the prevention of online-hate speech and cyberbullying.
Who is it for?
The project‘s target groups comprise young people and multipliers from school and extracurricular youth work.
What are the aims of the project?
- equip the target groups with skills for recognizing and dealing with online-hate speech and
cyberbullying constructively
- raise awareness of the negative effects online-hate has on individuals and society (not only
online, but also offline) and as a result to
- encourage them to take action against online-hate and to reflect on their own online behaviour.
What are the project‘s main activities?
Except for the HateBusters Guide “How to combat online-hate speech and cyberbullying” the main activities of the project will be the Hatebusters Awareness Toolkit and the Hatebusters App, which will be developed in 2021. The Hatebusters Awareness Toolkitwill include an online-campaign and a guide for young people aged 13-24. The Hatebusters App will be a mobile App, which will include both an information part and a simulation game. The App will have two profiles: one for young people and one for multipliers.
