Meta’s rollback of content moderation in January 2025 coincided with a sustained rise in toxic language targeting women. Our analysis shows that relaxed enforcement may be enabling a surge in gender-based hate online.

In May, we provide an overview of the online hate speech landscape, with a focus on the evolving narratives of Sexism, Antisemitism, Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Muslim hate, Anti-Refugees and Anti-Roma narratives.

In April, we provide an overview of the online hate speech landscape, with a focus on the evolving narratives of Sexism, Antisemitism, Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Muslim hate, sentiment, Anti-Refugees and Anti-Roma.

At the core of the Great Replacement theory lies a fear of demographic decline, which fuels a misogynist narrative that targets women and migrants as primary scapegoats.

The Great Replacement theory, rooted in 19th-century white nationalism, has shifted from a fringe idea to a mainstream narrative, fuelling fears of immigration and cultural erosion.

How to report online hate to law enforcement, platforms, and civil society organisations? An overview of the available reporting mechanisms and recommendations to combat underreporting in Europe

As conflicts escalate throughout the world, from Ukraine to Gaza, it is of increasing importance to observe how the online public opinion evolves.