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Hate Speech
Communication that attacks, dehumanizes or promotes hostility toward people or groups based on characteristics such as identity or background.
DIGITAL RESPECT • DIGITAL RESPONSIBILITY
Understand the HATE
The internet gives everyone a voice. Let's learn how to use that voice without becoming a source of harm.
Before you fight hate, understand it
Harmful online behavior can take many forms. Sometimes people don't realize that their words, comments or actions can hurt others. Understanding these behaviors is the first step toward creating a healthier digital community.
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Cyberbullying
Repeated harmful behavior carried out through digital platforms that hurts, intimidates or humiliates another person.
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Online Harassment
Repeated or targeted unwanted behavior online that can cause fear, distress, intimidation or disruption.
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Online Bodyshaming
Mocking, insulting or humiliating someone because of their physical appearance, body size or disability.
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Digital Respect
Communicating online with consideration for other people's dignity, opinions, privacy and boundaries.
WHY IT MATTERS
Words can leave digital scars
A comment may take seconds to write, but its impact can remain with someone much longer.
Before sharing, commenting or replying, take a moment to consider the person on the other side of the screen.
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Think
Pause before responding emotionally.
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Verify
Check information before spreading it.
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Respect
Disagree without attacking people.
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Report
Don't amplify harmful content. Report it.
Your words have power
Use them to build conversations, not destroy people.
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