12:00–14:00
Introductory workshop: ARTICLE 19’s Hate Speech Toolkit
Antonina Cherevko
How do international standards interpret ‘hate speech’ and how can they be used to identify hate speech and promote positive measures to challenge incidents of hate speech? This session draws on ARTICLE 19’s Hate Speech Toolkit.
→ Hate Speech Toolkit Presentation RU • KG

15:00–17:00
Side-Stepping Rights: Online content moderation
Pierre François Docquir
How do social media platforms moderate online content and how can they ensure they respect international human rights standards through this process? This session draws on ARTICLE 19’s Side-stepping rights briefing.
→ Online Content Moderation and Social Media Council Presentation EN • RU

18:00–20:00
Attempts at state regulation of online hate speech
Antonina Cherevko, Ruth-Marie Henckes
What attempts have been made by state and regional bodies to regulate hate speech online and what challenges have they faced in ensuring compliance with international freedom of expression standards?
→ State Attempts at Hate Speech Regulation RU
→ DSA Platform Governance EN • RU

15:00–17:00
Social Media Council model
Pierre François Docquir
What is a Social Media Council and how could this mechanism address content moderation problems, including challenging online ‘hate speech’, using international human rights laws. This session draws on ARTICLE 19’ work on Social Media Councils.
→ Online Content Moderation and Social Media Council Presentation EN • RU
→ Social Media Councail Summary Document EN • RU • KG

18:00–20:00
Monitoring online hate speech for elections
Ben Graham Jones, Azamat Kasybekov, Giovanna Maiola, Adeline Marquis
Why does online ‘hate speech’ increase during election periods, how can we monitor this effectively and why is monitoring important?
→ Recommendations for avoiding hate speech during election debates EN • RU • KG
→ Monitoring Online Hate Speech During Elections EN • RU
→ Monitoring Hate Speech during Election Observation Missions (Tunisia, Georgia, Ethiopia) EN • RU

12:00–14:00
Working with young people on hate speech and disinformation online
Barbara Dockalova, Ruairi Harrison, Bahtiyar Imankulov, Aizat Jakybalieva, Ciarán Ralph, Adilia Temirkanova, Roberta Taveri
How can we engage young people to challenge online ‘hate speech’ and disinformation? This session presents an experience exchange drawing ARTICLE 19’s work in Ireland and Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s work in Kyrgyzstan.
→ A19 Keep It Real Disinformation Campaign with Young People in Ireland EN • RU
→ WFD Hate Speech Campaign with Young People in Kyrgyzstan RU

15:00–17:00
Media self-regulation and ‘hate speech’ online
Antonina Cherevko, Petru Macovei, Boris Navasardian, Lyudmila Pankratova
How have media self-regulatory bodies in Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine addressed online ‘hate speech’?
→ Recommendations for avoiding hate speech during election debates EN • RU • KG

18:00–20:00
Next steps for Kyrgyzstan
Pierre François Docquir, Begaim Usenova
What experiences and lessons learned shared through the conference could be applied to the context of Kyrgyzstan? This session is an interactive workshop to brainstorm next steps.