ADVISORY: Change the Terms Coalition to Hold Live Webinar on March 26 on Impacts of Online Hate

On Tues., March 26, the Change the Terms coalition will present a webinar exploring how White supremacists and other hateful individuals use tech platforms to grow their movements and silence people of color and others fighting for justice.

Our panel of experts will explore how online hate harms marginalized communities, and how we can hold tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter accountable for the hateful activities that occur on their platforms.

Here are the event details:

What: The Impacts of Online Hate
Who: Free Press’ Jessica J. González will moderate the discussion, which will feature Ana Hernández, a research fellow at Political Research Associates, Brandi Collins-Dexter from Color Of Change, Jess Campbell from the Rural Organizing Project and Madihha Ahussain from Muslim Advocates
When: Tues., March 26, at 7 p.m. ET
Where: Online
RSVP here. You must register to participate in the webinar. Once you sign up, you will receive custom call-in information from no-reply@zoom.us.

Change the Terms is a coalition of more than 50 groups led by Free Press, Color Of Change, the Center for American Progress, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Change the Terms campaign launched last October and focuses on pushing tech companies to disrupt hateful activities online.

Free Press Vice President of Strategy and Senior Counsel Jessica J. González made the following statement:

“White supremacists have become very savvy at using tech platforms to organize, fund and recruit. They’re also using these platforms to harass, threaten, defame and silence people of color and others fighting for justice. And in too many cases — most recently in Christchurch, New Zealand — hate online has had tragic real-life consequences.

“The leaders of the Change the Terms coalition developed model corporate policies for companies like Facebook and Twitter to adopt to combat hate on their platforms. In the absence of meaningful change, we’ll continue to see hate proliferate.”

RSVP for the March 26 webinar.