Facing Ideologies & Strategies of Hate · #DNL13 HATE NEWS
Channel: Disruption Network Lab
Date: 20/06/2018

Panel with Caroline Sinders, Øyvind Strømmen, Cathleen Berger, Margarita Tsomou

Disruption Network Lab 
An ongoing platform of events and research on art, hacktivism and disruption in Berlin. 

Berlin, May 25 - 26, 2018
HATE NEWS: Manipulators, Trolls and Influencers 
13th Event of the Disruption Network Lab, Kunstquartier Bethanien Berlin, Studio 1.

Web: https://www.disruptionlab.org/hate-news/ 
Twitter: @disruptberlin 
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Artistic Director and Curator: Tatiana Bazzichelli
Programme Managers: Nada Bakr, Kim Voss, Rahel Währer

Credits: 
Disruption Network Lab Berlin - www.disruptionlab.org
Video by Rofsofilms - www.rofsofilms.com 
Graphic: Jonas Frankki 
CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 
Photo thumbnail: Maria Silvano

26 May, 2018
19:00 - 21:00 
FACING IDEOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES OF HATE: Hate Speech, Online Violence and Digital Rights

Caroline Sinders (Machine Learning Designer/User Researcher, Artist, Digital Anthropologist, USA)
Øyvind Strømmen (Author and Journalist, Expert on Extreme Movements, Hate Speech and Hate Crimes, NO)
Cathleen Berger (Policy Expert & Lead, Mozilla's Strategic Engagement with Global Internet Fora, DE)
Moderated by Margarita Tsomou (Author, Dramaturge and Curator, GR/DE)

What are the ideological reasons behind hate speech? Do hate comments and misinformation contribute to limiting our freedom of speech? What is the legal response to hate speech in the context of the battle for privacy and civil rights? In this panel, speakers will discuss the social, political, and technological implications of hate speech in social media and beyond. Caroline Sinders will be talking about online harassment campaigns and digital violence, and how online systems can mitigate and propagate forms of online violence. She will address the issues of what online harassment 'looks' like in a social network; how an online harassment campaign organise, move, and attack and where design fits into this problem. Øyvind Strømmen will reflect on the ideological causes of hate speech, referring to the recent development of far-right movements and extremist groups. Cathleen Berger will focus on NetzDG, the German “Act to improve the enforcement of the law in social networks” (entered into force on October 1, 2017), to combat illegal and harmful content on social media platforms. She will describe how it came about, what it tackles, how it has developed since, and what it has triggered in other parts of the world – with a view to policy engagement, advocacy and awareness raising, in the context of the debate on openness and decentralisation.