Facebook launches 'The Resiliency Initiative' to combat hate, intolerance online
The initiative aims to promote tolerance, strengthen interfaith and inter-ethnic understanding, and counter violent extremism in the Asia Pacific
Facebook has partnered with The Asia Foundation to launch 'The Resiliency Initiative' website that aims to provide tools and resources towards combating hate and intolerance online. The initiative aims to promote tolerance, strengthen interfaith and inter-ethnic understanding, and counter violent extremism in the Asia-Pacific.
"This community-centered initiative began with online workshops for 60 organisations from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The website is the next step in strengthening the community of practice," Facebook said in a blogpost.
'The Resiliency Initiative' website provides civil society organisations with a suite of tools and resources to help them harness social media to build stronger communities, particularly in areas affected by violent conflict. This includes guidance on getting started on social media, creating effective online content, managing presence on social media, measuring impact, and combating misinformation.
The website is currently available in English and is launching in Bengali, Thai, and Urdu in the coming weeks, with more languages to follow in the future. "At Facebook, we aim to identify and remove harmful content from our platforms as quickly as possible and we've made good progress in this area. But this is just one part of the solution. It's equally important to enable constructive dialogue and encourage counter speech in order to promote social cohesion and counter offline harm," the blog said.
In the second half of the year, 'The Resiliency Initiative' will work with civil society organisations in the Asia-Pacific to build out their social resilience campaigns to combat hate online, and expand the reach of the programme into new communities in the region.
"We're also partnering with experts on a digital storytelling training programme," Facebook said.
"This community-centered initiative began with online workshops for 60 organisations from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The website is the next step in strengthening the community of practice," Facebook said in a blogpost.
'The Resiliency Initiative' website provides civil society organisations with a suite of tools and resources to help them harness social media to build stronger communities, particularly in areas affected by violent conflict. This includes guidance on getting started on social media, creating effective online content, managing presence on social media, measuring impact, and combating misinformation.
The website is currently available in English and is launching in Bengali, Thai, and Urdu in the coming weeks, with more languages to follow in the future. "At Facebook, we aim to identify and remove harmful content from our platforms as quickly as possible and we've made good progress in this area. But this is just one part of the solution. It's equally important to enable constructive dialogue and encourage counter speech in order to promote social cohesion and counter offline harm," the blog said.
In the second half of the year, 'The Resiliency Initiative' will work with civil society organisations in the Asia-Pacific to build out their social resilience campaigns to combat hate online, and expand the reach of the programme into new communities in the region.
"We're also partnering with experts on a digital storytelling training programme," Facebook said.
