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Estudantes da UC lançam campanha “Respeech” para combater o extremismo e o discurso de ódio. + info
A group of students from the Masters in International Relations – Peace, Security and Development Studies at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC) creates the “Respeech” campaign to combat extremism and hate speech. According to Maria João Medeiros, one of the students involved, the campaign “arises after the diagnosis of the main foci of hate speech in Portugal has been made. The objective is, therefore, to attack the causes of this phenomenon using an approach of proximity with the young population and the deconstruction of ideas that motivate discrimination in Portugal”.
Governo vai monitorizar discurso de ódio na Internet. + info
After the Commission for Equality and Against Racial Discrimination (CICDR) registered a significant increase in complaints and referred several cases to the Portuguese public prosecution, the Government announces its intention to monitor occurrences of hate speech on the internet. According to the Minister of State and Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva, the objective is to understand how this discourse is propagated on online platforms, the messages it contains, identify authors, monitor complaints processes, among other aspects.
Universidade do Porto participa à justiça alegados atos de racismo. + info
A Universidade do Porto participou ao Ministério Público alegados atos de xenofobia e racismo por parte de alunos e professores nas faculdades de Engenharia e Letras, denunciados por um movimento de estudantes. As denúncias dizem respeito, sobretudo, a ocorrências nas redes sociais.
Estudantes denunciam xenofobia e racismo, U.Porto pondera processos disciplinares. + info
The group of university students Quarentena Académica reported this Monday that acts of xenophobia and racism are taking place on the part of students and professors at FEUP and FLUP. U.Porto said that the institution is considering proceeding with the “opening of disciplinary proceedings”, but warns that it can only do so with a formal complaint from the victims.
