Hate speech is any communication that targets individuals or groups based on attributes like race, gender, and religion, among others.

The fight against hate speech is long and hard. But we can speed it up by educating one another — by promoting respect for diversity.

Hate speech can take different forms, like using derogatory language, spreading false stereotypes and promoting violence against such people and groups.

Hate speech has a lot of negative effects on the victims, such as individual harm, social division and, in extreme cases, incitement to violence.

Studies have shown victims of hate speech to be more susceptible to psychological and health problems.

Did you know? 67% of internet users have encountered hate speech online (including 74% of those under 35).

On X (Formerly Twitter), 82% of posts have been reported for containing hate speech, and 90% of accounts have been reported for hosting hate speech.

The Tweet Classifier project aims to help detect hate speech in tweets, so that users can keep it out of their cyberspace.