Comparative Report on Online Hate in Five Countries (2024–2025) Now Available

Youth European Society (YES) has published the Comparative Report on online hate and harmful discriminatory discourse for the period 2024–2025, developed under the international project LIFE – Living Safely in a Digital World.

The report consolidates national findings from Albania, Serbia, Italy, Bulgaria and Tunisia, providing a regional overview of rising toxicity in the digital environment. Key trends include an increase in racist, sexist, antisemitic and politically motivated content, strong growth of hate-driven narratives on TikTok and an overall normalization of hostile online behaviour.

The document brings together survey data, monitoring tables, thematic analyses, youth focus-group insights and representative case studies from media and political contexts. It also highlights significant mental-health impacts such as anxiety, fatigue, self-censorship and withdrawal from public engagement.

The Comparative Report stresses the need for stronger regulatory mechanisms, improved platform accountability and expanded digital literacy and youth-support initiatives across the region.

🔗 Read the Comparative Report here: Comparative-Report-October_EN