On 22–23 September, the kick-off meeting of ECLIPSE – PrEventing and Combating onLine and offline hate speech and dIsinformation through multidisciPlinary innovation, education, and awareneSs in Europe took place at the premises of the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento.
ECLIPSE aims to prevent and counter hate speech and mis/disinformation both online and offline across Europe. By integrating advanced technologies with insights from social, behavioural, criminological, and legal sciences, the project collaborates with Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and international organisations to analyse harmful and false content online. It deploys counter-narratives via Natural Language Processing (NLP), Social Network Analysis (SNA), and Natural Language Generation (NLG) technologies to support practical interventions in real-world contexts. ECLIPSE also employs AR/XR gamification for training, addressing societal impacts, enhancing security, and delivering policy recommendations. Its ultimate goal is to raise awareness among European citizens and promote the adoption and scalability of its solutions at national, EU, and international levels.
The project builds on the experience of HateMeter (Hate speech tool for monitoring, analysing and tackling Anti-Muslim hatred online), a project coordinated by the eCrime research group.
ECLIPSE, coordinated by the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe (HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-05) and will run until August 2028.
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