Invisible racism Hate speech
The network Summary This is a simulation activity in which participants are put in the role of people who work for a social network and need to decide if a certain content is hate speech that goes against the regulations of the platform.
Materials • Role cards (annexed, an equal number to the number of people in each group) • Cards with social network content (annexed) • Cards with the rules of the social network (annexed, one for each group) • Cards with legal regulations (one for each group) – you need to prepare them before the activity. Use your national regulations coming from the Criminal / Civil Code related to hate speech and hate crimes. Copy them on preferably one piece of paper.
Procedure NOTE: The activity can be performed in one group (preferably up to sixteen people). If the group is large, it can be divided into two. 1. At the beginning of the activity, ask the participants whether they use online social networks. Ask which ones and how often? Why do they use them? 2. Ask the participants to imagine that they are part of the NETWORK team, a social networking site for young people, with about four million registered users. Every day users of the portal post about five million entries and comments. The portal is growing and each month the number of users is increasing. Your team deals with the reports from portal users related to violations of regulations. Your task is to decide what to do with each report. You can leave the reported posts, delete them or even report them to law enforcement agencies if they constitute a crime. You will be divided into three equal groups. Each group has its own number: one, two and three.
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Constellations . A manual for working with young people on the topic of racism and invisible racism
