Tuesday 8 October: Young people
Today the focus of the Hacking Hate week is on young people, the primary target audience of the SELMA project. Discover activities directly aimed at them and stories of students that engaged with the SELMA project.
What’s up today?
1- Take a quiz on hate speech
Today several SELMA partners launch online quizzes on hate speech aimed at young people. They are tailored to the different national contexts, so choose the one corresponding to your country.
- Denmark. Building upon the SELMA Toolkit activity Find your online voice, the Danish SELMA partner CfDP invites young people to respond to a series of different online scenarios through a quiz hosted on the anonymous online helpline platform, Cyberhus. Access the quiz!
- Germany. The German SELMA partner LMK invites young people to test their knowledge on online hate speech with a test hosted on klicksafe website. Take the test here!
- United Kingdom. The British SELMA partner Diana Award has prepared a quiz to know how much young people know about hate speech. It is an interactive poll in an Instagram story, so hurry up, it will only be active today. Access the quiz on the Anti-Bullying Pro Instagram profile!
2- Learn more about the winning idea of the SELMA "Hacking Hate" hackathon
Last December, the SELMA project organised a hackathon for young people to work on innovative solutions to hack online hate. Mads, a member of the winning Digital Vikings team, will present the idea to reward fair players on online gaming platforms at the “Drive change, hack online hate” conference on Thursday. Watch a sneak preview here!
3- Listen Sancia’s song on the challenge of online hate speech
When hearing back from the UK hackathon team, Sancia from Northern Ireland wrote, composed and performed a song about why she feels we should all be tackling online hate speech. Sancia is delighted that we are now sharing her song with you all. Listen how she hacks hate through music and encourages others to respond in their own way.
Looking back
As the SELMA project is drawing to a close, this week we also look back to some of our main achievements.
Thinking about young people, today we highlight the SELMA Hacking Hate challenge – 12 simple actions that young people can carry out to bring a positive change to their environment. Downloading the pdf in English or German they will be able to keep track of their actions and share their achievements with their peers.
German students can participate in a competition organised by the German SELMA partner LMK. If they respond to the challenge and submit their results by 15 November, they can earn up to 200€ for their class fund. Find more information in this klicksafe article.
Read young people’s reactions after engaging in SELMA activities
The Greek SELMA partner FAH asked a group young people that won a SELMA competition in Greece about their thoughts on online hate speech and the impact of SELMA. In the image below you can find their answers. If you want to learn more about young people’s views on this issue, read this article with their ideas for producing and promoting hate speech counter-narratives.
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