2018
Crafting peace and building a safer world
Ensuring trust and safety in the digital world

Seriously

Renaissance Numérique
Europe
2018

Launched in 2015 after the January terrorist attacks in France, the Seriously project is the result of a twofold objective for the think tank Renaissance Numérique: (1) Taking action to restrain the hate dynamic that spreads in our societies and is particularly visible on the Internet; (2) Creating and offering tools that encourage the active participation of civil society and citizen. In addition to the law and reporting tools, the Seriously project is a method as much as a tool to defuse online hate speech. The website www.seriously.ong offers objective arguments and behavioral advice to Internet users. It offers an intuitive user experience built around three sets of functionalities: factual elements, experts’ advice, and resources suitable for the digital format. Developed by Renaissance Numérique, the Seriously project has been all along based on a collaborative approach with national and international actors who demonstrated a broad knowledge and experience of these stakes: associations, academics, educational actors, platform providers and institutions. This collaborative approach has been notably materialized by creating governing bodies and realizing awareness actions at grass-roots level. After two years of work, the Seriously project has been identified as one of the best practices to face hate on the Internet. As reflected in a recent report, entitled “Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation that Lead to Terrorism: Ideas, Recommendations, and Good Practices from the OSCE Region”, published in September 2017 by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.