Online discussions can be a hostile place full of hate, fights and xenophobia. A group that fights online hate was first created in Sweden 3 years ago. Other countries followed and also Czech Republic has now a similar online group. „We are group of volunteers operating under the name #jsmetu. We target hateful online debates and try to turn them into a nonemotive, productive and hate free space for people to freely share their ideas and opinions,“ says coordinator of #jsmetu (we are here, in translation), Jakub Dostál.
Online discussions can be a hostile place full of hate, fights and xenophobia. A group that fights online hate was first created in Sweden 3 years ago. Other countries followed and also Czech Republic has now a similar online group. „We are group of volunteers operating under the name #jsmetu. We target hateful online debates and try to turn them into a nonemotive, productive and hate free space for people to freely share their ideas and opinions,“ says coordinator of #jsmetu (we are here, in translation), Jakub Dostál.
