DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) as the Greek partner of five EU countries presented the European project “Advanced Media Literacy Education to counter online hate-speech – AMeLiE“, aiming to address the issue of online hate speech.

The presentation took place at DAISSy days 2021, a three-day online event organized by DAISSy in the frame of the European institution Erasmus days, October 14-16, 2021. The event targeted at educators, professionals in culture, librarians, regional authorities, researchers, students, and in general people who are interested in policy making and implementation of actions related to developing skills and professional growth.

Attendees had the opportunity to realise the wide dimensions of online hate speech and the aims of AMeLiE project, i.e. to combat the phenomenon through the empowerment of education. Particular reference was made to the innovative methodology of the project, the successful tools and techniques which are offered to the educational world by experts. Additionally, the presentation denoted the results produced so far, although the project is running its ninth month of operation. An evolving Virtual School Network, a crowdfunded interactive platform for teachers’ training as well as a groundbreaking national research on online hate speech, all of them DAISSy’s tasks and responsibilities, outlined the dynamic profile of the project.

AMeLiE presentation received a most positive feedback from both the participants as well as the event’s facilitators. Worth noting that the event is registered on the world map of the 5^th edition of the #ErasmusDays.