Preventing and Combating Online and Offline Hate Speech and Disinformation through Multidisciplinary Innovation, Education, and Awareness in Europe

ECLIPSE: PrEventing and Combating onLine and offline hate speech and dIsinformation through multidisciPlinary innovation, education, and awareneSs in Europe

ECLIPSE is a collaborative initiative focused on combating hate speech and misinformation across Europe, bringing together a diverse consortium of organisations and institutions. Led by the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), the project combines advanced technologies with insights from social, behavioural, criminological, and legal sciences to develop innovative tools and strategies for detecting, analysing, and countering harmful content both online and offline. The consortium includes Northumbria University, the University of Trento, the Free University of Brussels, Sabancı University, the Governorship of Ankara, the Centre for Social Innovation, the Serbian Institute for AI Research and Development, the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies, the Andalusian Study Centre, the City Council of Murcia , SYNYO, the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Legal Affairs in Bavaria, CESIE, Stop Hate UK, Youth for Exchange and Understanding, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Creative Workers (CREW) and Minds & Sparks.

Northumbria University leads Work Package 2 (WP2), focusing on creating clear, practical definitions of hate speech and mis/disinformation. This foundational work ensures consistent understanding across the project, enabling accurate analysis and guiding effective responses.

Through these efforts, ECLIPSE aims to foster resilience, promote informed discourse, and empower both professionals and citizens to address the challenges posed by harmful content in both virtual and real-world contexts.