Stop Hate Speech

The University of Bern condemns hate speech of any kind and helps its researchers take action against it.

“Hate speech” is an overarching term for a manner of expressing opinions that denigrate, insult or threaten individuals or groups of people or that incite violence against these individuals or groups.

Hate speech can come in different forms and reach people in different ways (social media, e-mail, phone calls, online comments, etc.). Digitalization, in particular, has caused the phenomenon of hate speech to become a more widespread problem and lowered peoples’ inhibitions for inciting hostility. The more public exposure a researcher has, the more they are impacted by hate speech and subjected to correspondingly venomous reactions.

The University of Bern offers points of contact for individuals affected by abusive language and discrimination.