Author: Zina Matouk

Analysis: Hate speech on Facebook in Norway

We and our partners have analyzed 10,4 million comments and detected the amount of hate speech on Facebook in Norway. Muslims and women are the groups who are targeted with most hate on Facebook.   The public conversation has largely shifted to social media, where we all spend a lot of...

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Analyzing the political conversation in Kristiansand

We are pleased to release our latest findings from the Safe Digital City project, which has analyzed the comments section on political parties’ Facebook pages in Kristiansand. The analysis reveals that on average, there is twice as much online hate in political conversations compared to the broader digital conversation in...

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Nominate a Nordic Pioneer now!

The Nordic Pioneers project is now accepting nominations for its prestigious prize, recognizing individuals who are leading the way in making their local communities and society as a whole more inclusive, diverse and cohesive. So the question is: Do you know someone who has made a significant impact in the...

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Launch of Shalom Danmark

Nordic Safe Cities, Jødisk Informationscenter and partners will scope the amount of antisemitism in Denmark and invent preventative efforts to counter the issue. Antisemitism isn’t just a thing of the past. Unfortunately. It lingers on to this day, especially in the digital sphere where a tight connection between antisemitism and...

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Nordic Safe Cities Summit

Politicians, practitioners, professionals and thought-leaders gathered at our Nordic Safe Cities Summit. We aim to defend democracy from everything which threaten to tear it apart. We want to create strong and resilient communities with more inclusion. With more social cohesion. But we cannot do it on our own. We work...

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Paris Peace Forum awards us a Special Mention

We are really proud to have been awarded a Special Mention at the Paris Peace Forum. It is our Safe Digital City project which has received the Special Mention for our work of mapping the online hate in the cities of Malmö, Aalborg and Kristiansand. “Receiving this acknowledgement from the...

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Mapping of the online hate in Malmø

Nya tider kräver nya sätt att arbeta förebyggande. Förebyggande arbete behöver, för att kunna bli bra, systematisk förståelse för hur, var och varför det geografiskt och lokalt kopplade hatet bildas och sprids digitalt och hur kopplingarna ser ut mellan digitala händelser och händelser på den fysiska platsen. Det är det...

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The Nordic Safe Cities Alliance grows with the addition of Bodø

A new member city joins Nordic Safe City. The Municipality of Bodø becomes the 21th member of the alliance. The Norwegian contingent of member cities grows yet again in Nordic Safe Cities. “We are thrilled to welcome Bodø to our alliance and we can’t wait to get to work with...

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Here are the winners of the Nordic Pioneer Prize 2022

A social critic and artist advocating for more equality for all, a media entrepreneur bringing forward the voices of youth, an ‘intersectional feminist’ with strong debating skills and a ‘local hero’ who mobilizes youth – these are the winners of this year’s Nordic Pioneer Prize. The future belongs to the...

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Tromsø joins Nordic Safe Cities

The Norwegian municipality of Tromsø becomes the 20th member city of Nordic Safe City. Nordic Safe Cities welcomes the Norwegian municipality of Tromsø as a new member city. Tromsø becomes the 11th municipality from Norway in the Nordic Safe City alliance. “We’re absolutely delighted that the municipality of Tromsø has...

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