Incitement to violence against life on the internet leads human rights violations with more than 76 thousand cases in five years, notes ObservaDH

Summary:

A report by the Central Nacional de Denu00fancias de Crimes Cibernu00e9ticos and the Observatu00f3rio Nacional dos Direitos Humanos highlights that, in 2022, there were over 74,000 cases of hate crimes on the internet, the highest number since 2017. The report reveals that, between 2017 and 2022, there were 293,200 denunciations of hate crimes motivated by prejudice or intolerance towards individuals or groups based on their identity, orientation, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. The most common forms of hate crimes on the internet include insults, threats, injuries, defamation, incitement to violence, apology for crime, and humiliating image or video sharing. The report also highlights the growth of misogyny, with a nearly 30-fold increase from 961 denunciations in 2017 to 28,600 in 2022. The data reinforces the need for regulation of digital platforms to prevent the spread of hate speech.