Bringing The Online In Line With Human Rights - Combating Cyber Hate Through Monitoring and Education

2026-07-22

"Objectives INACH aims at implementing human rights and the principle of non-discrimination on the Internet, the network's main goal being to prevent and combat cyber hate, i.e. racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance disseminated online. INACH unites and empowers organisations who are active against discrimination online. Activities Following up on outcomes of EU-project ""Research – Report – Remove: Countering Cyber Hate Phenomena"", INACH will use the developed international database for analysis of cyber hate cases and regular monitoring activities. INACH will conduct advocacy, members meetings, and annual conferences in order to distribute knowledge, exchange best practices and raise awareness. Being in a unique position to react to new trends, INACH will develop counter-speech modules with other organisations. Politics, civil society and IT companies will be provided with recommendations. Type and number of persons benefiting from the activities The activities benefit decision makers on national and European level, law enforcement, educators, NGOs, and policy makers of IT companies and Internet users. INACH members as national focal points act as multipliers in their resp. countries. Expected results Result will be the improvement of the network’s capacities to achieve the implementation of human rights online. Stabilization of the network promotes exchange of knowledge and data between members through the database, regular trainings, meetings and conferences. Eventually, this exchange will have positive impacts on preventing and combating cyber hate. Type and number of outputs to be produced 1 annual report, 2 monitoring exercises (MEs), with 1 training for (new)members preceding the MEs, 3 counter-speech trainings monthly newsletter with info snippets, postings on our online platforms, large amounts of in-depth data collected and analysed, policy recommendations, an annual conference, a members meeting and 1 strategy workshop."

Netherlands

2026-02-01