Safety standards are designed to protect people from unsafe products – whether colored pencils, beta blockers, or e-bikes. Yet this principle, known as »safety by design«, has so far not been applied to social media. A new study by HateAid shows how platforms could become safer.

In a nationwide project, journalists and citizens come together to discuss their everyday realities – and how trust in media and politics can be rebuilt.

Since 2022, a fund we co-founded has been supporting exile media in continuing their work in a stable, secure and impactful way despite severe restrictions and censorship in Russia and other authoritarian states – even as the challenges they face continue to grow.