"sCAN" – Platforms, Experts, Tools: Specialised Cyber-Activists Network

The EU-funded project sCAN – Platforms, Experts, Tools: Specialised Cyber-Activists Network (2018-2020), coordinated by Licra (International League Against Racism and Antisemitism), aims at gathering expertise, tools, methodology and knowledge on cyber hate and developing transnational comprehensive practices for identifying, analysing, reporting and counteracting online hate speech. This project draws on the results of successful European projects already realised, for example the “Research, Report, Remove project: Countering Cyber-Hate phenomena” and “Facing Facts”, and strives to  continue, emphasize and strengthen the initiatives developed by the civil society for counteracting hate speech.

Through cross-European cooperation, the project partners will enhance and (further) intensify  their fruitful collaboration. The sCAN project partners will contribute to selecting and providing relevant automated monitoring tools to improve  the detection of hateful content. Another key aspect of sCAN will be the strengthening of the monitoring actions (e.g. the  monitoring exercises) set up by the European Commission . The project partners will also jointly gather knowledge and findings to better identify, explain and understand trends of cyber hate at a transnational level. Furthermore, this project aims to develop cross-European capacity by providing e-learning courses for cyber-activists, moderators and tutors through the Facing Facts Online platform.

 sCAN will be implemented by ten different European partners, namely ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit from Austria, CEJI-A Jewish contribution to an inclusive Europe from Belgium, Human Rights House Zagreb from Croatia, Romea from Czech Republic, Respect Zone from France, jugendschutz.net from Germany, CESIE from Italy, Latvian Centre For Human Rights from Latvia and the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences from Slovenia.

Project's website: http://scan-project.eu/project/

The sCAN project is funded by the European Commission Directorate – General for Justice and Consumers, within  the framework of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union.

Oпубликованный: 2018-08-01