The last panel discussion in 2020 within the #ALTerHate campaign was held on December 21, 2020, via the Zoom platform. This discussion was dedicated to the topic of how to combat hate speech and create an alternative to hateful conduct. The panel discussion was dedicated to discovering different perspectives and ways to approach the fight against hate speech. During the discussion, 5 speakers spoke, representatives of various organizations and initiatives aimed at combating hate speech with a focus on different European countries.

Mina Dennert, a Swedish journalist, spoke about the #Jagarhar (#Iamhere) network that she launched on social media to help those facing hate speech. Today, the network has hundreds of thousands of users from several European countries with the hashtags #Iamhere in several languages and has inspired people around the world to stand up and fight for democratic and inclusive societies.

Lydia El-Khouri, on behalf of the Detect then Act initiative, spoke about raising awareness among people about how language can be used as a tool of hatred, and how to actually recognize this by a combination of linguistic sciences and technology.

Giulia Dessi, journalist and representative of the Get the Trolls Out campaign, presented the work of this campaign and spoke about the fight against religious-based hate speech. Get the Trolls Out is a campaign focused on several European countries and deals with the research and monitoring of religious-based hate speech in public discourse.

Sara Speicher, spoke on behalf of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) Europe about their actions aimed at combating hate speech and on this occasion presented the guide "Breaking Down the Social Media Divides: a guide for individuals and communities to address hate online" which was created by WACC to help individuals, but also organizations, to fight hate speech more effectively.

Stefano Valenti, a representative of the Council of Europe, spoke about the Council of Europe's campaigns to combat hate speech and mentioned the famous "No hate speech" movement, but also presented a new campaign against hate speech focused on the Western Balkans "Block the hatred. Share the love “.

After the panelist’s presentations, there was a discussion with the present participants. Panelists were also answering the questions that our followers posted on our Facebook page where they could follow the discussion in the live stream.