defyhatenow

#DefyHateNow: Mobilising Civic Action Against Hate Speech and Directed Social Media Incitement to Violence in South Sudan. #defyhatenow is an urgent community peacebuilding, training and conflict reconciliation project aiming to strengthen the voices and support the actions of peace & youth oriented civil society organizations in South Sudan. #defyhatenow seeks to support those voices acting against the conflict to go ‘viral’ within and outside the country – bringing the South Sudanese diaspora into the online peacebuilding framework, bridging gaps of knowledge and awareness of social media mechanisms between those with access to technology and those without.

https://defyhatenow.org/ – #defyhatenow – @defyhatenow

• https://facebook.com/defyhatenow/
• https://twitter.com/defyhatenow
• https://youtube.com/channel/UCo01iA_hsQ9H4zHW3E45MsA
• https://soundcloud.com/user-796361206
• https://instagram.com/defyhatenow_/
• https://linkedin.com/company/defyhatenow/about/

Use Cases

• South Sudan
• Cameroon

Support us at https://openculture.agency/support-us/

Impact: Over the four years the project managed to:

• Create awareness & encourage a South Sudanese discourse on hate speech among media as well as civil society actors
• Build a network among grassroots CSOs in South Sudan and Diaspora communities in Kenya and Uganda Strengthened & build capacities with regard to media literacy, technical media skills & fact checking, ethical journalism as well as hate speech younter action
• Initiate activities to inspire reconciliation
• Connect South Sudanese diaspora through online and offline campaigns

Hundreds of offline trainings and workshops; on the following topics

• Responsible use of Social Media
• Fact checking: How to Identify fake news online
• Mitigating hate speech online and offline
• Gender Equality & GoGirlsICT
• Ethical Journalism & Blogging

Press coverage on national & international on radio, TV and in newspapers: https://defyhatenow.net/press/

Including Juba Monitor, Al Jazeera, Radio Miraya, Deutsche Welle (DW), VoA (Voice of America)

Media releases

#DEFY - the film tells the story of the fictional senior politician Honourable David’s new found passion for social media and the risks that come with using these platforms to spread propaganda and rumours.

Online campaigns: #defyhatenow - #PeaceVillage - #Peace4All - #ThinkB4UClick - #HateFreeSouthSudan

Music Videos: #Peace4All - #thinkB4UClick - Kifaya

Soundbites: https://soundcloud.com/user-796361206

#defyhatenow Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide (Offline package)

• Large Poster & Educational Game: 'Quick reference' tips and tools
• Guidebook (140 pages): Detailed information for workshop facilitators & training resources
• Handouts: Selection of handouts and exercises to photocopy and use in workshops
• A5 Cards: 10 Concept Cards to facilitate group discussion in workshops
• A2 Posters (Series of 5): Concept illustrations to use as visual discussion guides & prompts
• USB Stick with video, audio & external resources / Pen / Post-it notes

All materials are available online for download at https://defyhatenow.org/field-guide/

The team is currently developing a free and interactive online course.

The #defyhatenow website serves as an information hub around the topic of online and offline hate speech mitigation, including additional resources and information materials at https://defyhatenow.org/resources/

From 2015 to 2018 #defyhatenow was an initiative to combat social media hate speech by the r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation, Berlin, funded by the ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (zivik) with means of the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt)."