Lets Talk About…. Hate Crime

15 October 2024

11 – 12pm

Online via Zoom

Free for Members

Online Hate Awareness: Understanding, Responding, and Safeguarding

Join us for an eye-opening event during Hate Crime Awareness Week 2024 (12-19 October) as we delve into the crucial topic of online hate crime.

Get ready for an insightful session, that will cover the latest trends in online hate and techniques to combat it, including:

• Current online risks; 
• Nature and motives of online bad actors; 
• Platform community guidelines and safety tools; 
• Safeguarding techniques;
• Counter-Speech, 
• Reporting and recording online hate;
• and Taking care of mental and physical health.

Who should attend?

Anyone! This session is designed to increase awareness and support people in understanding their roles.

Hosted by..... Professor Matthew Williams

Matthew is a Professor of Criminology at Cardiff University and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts in hate crime and online harms. He draws on his own experience as a victim of online and offline hate, and his 20-year-long research programme into online harms, to advise TikTok, X, Instagram, Google, EE, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Airbus, The Professional Footballers’ Association, the UK Home Office and the US Department of Justice.  Matthew directs HateLab, a global hub for data and insight to monitor and counter online hate speech and crime, and he has conducted the largest dedicated study of hate victimisation in the UK. In 2023 he founded nisien.ai, where he acts as Chief Scientist responsible for embedding world-leading scientific evidence into effective training and technical interventions to combat online harms.

You can read more about Matthew here

We look forward to you joining us for this informative session!

Event Fees:

Members: £free

Non-Members: £50pp