Nowhere does hate and far-right extremism thrive more than online and in social media platforms, and no tool is more necessary to the spread of bigoted ideologies and to the recruitment efforts of hate and extremist groups, and the politically powerful. GPAHE is a major source for technology and social media companies on hate speech and dangerous organizations on the far right; we regularly influence social media community standards policies, often resulting in policy improvements and the deplatforming of hate and extremist groups and individuals.
GPAHE has as a major intiative to stop the online social platforms from giving carte blanche to the politically powerful users to say as they wish in their posts and political advertisements regardless of the harm the posts cause or the disinformation that jeopardizes lives and threatens fragile and strong democracies. They do this contrary to regulations and hate speech laws across the globe, and to their own community standards.
Recently, the tech companies, particularly the major platforms based in the U.S., have caved to pressure from the Trump administration to loosen their guidelines regarding hate speech and disinformation in trade for favorable regulatory policy in the U.S. The companies are also benefitting from the administration’s efforts to intervene in hate speech laws and regulatory practices in the European Union and Latin America which have resulted in massive fines for the companies . Given the reach of the major technology platforms, it’s critical that they reform and enforce their policies to better protect their consumers and develop the language and cultural competency that is critical to the safety of communities and democracies. Google dominates with more than a 90 percent share of global search engine users. Facebook has more than 3 billion users; YouTube has nearly 3 billion; TikTok has nearly 2 billion, and Twitter more than 600 million. These companies must ensure accuracy and transparency in their policies and algorithms and not give haters, extremists, and authoritarian politicians a platform to divide people, spread lies, encourage violence toward marginalized communities, or wreck democratic norms.
GPAHE is campaigning to persuade social media and tech companies that global democracies are at stake and they must apply their content community standards to all political and public figures’ speech.
After “permanently suspending” and promptly reinstating accounts related to the transnational white supremacist Generation Identity network, Twitter proves Musk’s ideology supersedes their own published content policies.
Every year, the Polish Independence March attracts supporters of the most radical far-right groups from around the world, including white nationalists, Identitarians, and neo-Nazis.
Educate anti-hate actors, policymakers, and the public about hate and extremism and advocate for policy change to eradicate it.
