Network tackling hate speech in media focus of OSCE Mission to Skopje discussion in Mavrovo

Hate speech in the media was the focus of a two-day OSCE Mission to Skopje-supported discussion with representatives of media organizations, national human rights institutions, state and regulatory bodies, criminal justice agencies and civil society organizations, which concluded on 1 November 2018 in Mavrovo.

The discussion, co-organized with the Council of Media Ethics, considered the establishment of an informal network tackling hate speech, aimed to improve co-ordination and apply a more strategic approach to dealing with hate speech in the media.

“As the first of its kind in the country, such a network could address the problem of hate speech in the media in a systematic way through co-operation among all relevant actors,” said the Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Jeff Goldstein.