HateAid

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HateAid
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legal form profit company
founding 2017
Seat Berlin
purpose Education about dangers to democracy and freedom of expression
main emphasis Use against hate speech on the Internet
method Civil Lawsuit Against Internet Bullying
Action space Germany
Managing directors Anna-Lena von Hodenberg
owner Campact , Fearless Democracy
Website www.hateaid.org

HateAid is a not-for-profit company based in Berlin that provides advice and support to victims of online hatred .

It was launched in 2017 by the non-governmental organizations Campact and Fearless Democracy . As it sees itself, the organization educates people about the dangers to democracy and freedom of expression that affect society as a whole .

aims

HateAid sees itself as a counseling and contact point for victims of digital violence . The organization offers victims of hate speech an initial emotional stabilizing consultation and, if necessary, legal costs financing. Through a fund to finance litigation costs, she conducts civil litigation against Internet bullying on behalf of those affected. She would like to finance further litigation through the claims for damages and donations.

Clients

Climate activist Luisa Neubauer is one of the first affected people to be represented by HateAid .

In July 2019, Renate Künast was represented by Hate Aid before the Berlin Regional Court in order to obtain user data from Facebook. The aim was to determine the identity of the authors of suspected criminal hate comments in order to be able to file criminal charges afterwards. The application was rejected in September 2019.

background

According to media attorney Jony Eisenberg , the political goal in the Künast case is to tighten the Network Enforcement Act .

The establishment of HateAid was supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b HateAid: initiative aims to help victims of hate on the Internet. In: Spiegel Online . July 4, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Hate on the Internet: HateAid sues for victims of bullying. In: tagesschau.de . Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Hate on the Net - New initiative "HateAid" supports victims. In: deutschlandfunk.de . July 4, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ HateAid. In: das-nettz.de. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ "HateAid" against hate comments. In: www.evangelisch.de. July 4, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Verena Mayer: Hate on the Net: What can you do against hate speech? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 25, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Wolfgang Janisch: Künast judgment: Sometimes hate is just hate. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 21, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jony Eisenberg: Künast case as a test balloon for a tightening of the network enforcement law. In: Telepolis . September 27, 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Alexandra Wolters: "Who are you on the digital stage?" bosch-stiftung.de from April 2019, accessed on March 5, 2020