Still in our online public space, online platforms’ profit-driven algorithms continue to amplify online hate and disinformation, because that’s what people click on most.
Both the far right and pro-Russian actors have mastered the art of using these algorithms against us. 4/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723333134041088

Online hate does not stay on the internet, it eventually has offline effects and comes back on the streets, as Finnish Minister of Environment and Climate Change @MariaOhisalo said. This is a direct threat to our society and democracy. 5/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723345981153280

We need to stand up, fight for free speech, be present and reclaim the online public space - Austrian Minister of Justice @Alma_Zadic. 6/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723350435713024

Director of @DefendDemocracy @StollmeyerEU: the algorithms of tech platforms, Russian intervention and the far right have one thing in common: they flourish on polarisation. Without a common truth, we cannot have effective policies. We need to defend democracy. 7/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723354831134720

Antidemocratic groups love to spread fear mongering messages about evil powerful women. Here the far right, pro-Russian groups and the platforms become a toxic cocktail leading to waves of hate on social media. 8/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723358752849922

What must we do in the EU?
➡️Ban interaction-based recommender algorithms that amplify hate and disinformation
➡️Free psychological and legal aid for victims of online hate speech
➡️Strong rules to stop the viral spread of disinformation online 9/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723362678870020

We as @europeangreens will do everything we can to ensure a safe environment for women and minorities to actively participate in democracy and fight fascism.

First step is to reclaim our online space✊. 10.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1598723377862041601