#iComment: Channeling the power of online masses to curb hate speech in Europe
by Ana Ribeiro
The battle over hate speech in the public sphere has reached a new level, as an online initiative hitting British tabloids in their pockets has gone viral and started to yield results. It is one of the movements seeking to cut off supply and demand from the hate wave by mobilising internet users. ECPMF spoke to the campaign’s founder about his aims.
Stop Funding Hate, the online initiative targeting the tabloids’ income, is trying to get companies to quit advertising in The Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express, as a form of protest and boycott against the xenophobia…
