In a recent report the Council of Europe concludes that hate speech and fake news aimed at regional and municipal politicians is a serious threat to local democracy. There is therefore an urgent need to strengthen the conditions of elected representatives at the local and regional levels. The report contains: an analysis of the effects of hate speech and fake news, identified support needs and tools, a resolution recommendations for national governments, municipalities and regions. https://skr.se/skr/englishpages/activities/threatsandviolenceagainstelectedpoliticians/hatespeechandfakenews.69252.html Share this: Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation The Oneness of God. Archaeology, Tawheed, and Islam Predicting Hate Intensity of Twitter Conversation Threads (arXiv)