The WJC Technology and Human Rights Institute (TecHRI) launched on Thursday its Hate Online: Preparedness and Empowerment (HO:PE) project to combat the scourge of online hate. Funded by the European Commission, HO:PE is an online antisemitism-reporting tool, comprised of both a browser extension and mobile application, that allows users to report harmful content in a few easy steps.
The HO:PE tool will be provided to additional EU member states and other Jewish community organizations, to empower Jewish communities to identify and report antisemitism in real-time, while also educating users on what constitutes as ‘illegal’ behavior and what their civil rights are based on EU legislations. It also addresses the present shortcomings in how law enforcement and tech platforms respond to reports by identifying patterns through reported content across different platforms and languages.
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