Symplexis and Proto Thema invite you to the Open Days of the European project C.HA.S.E. – Combating online hate speech by engaging online media , which will present the results of the project so far and which will take place:

Date: 4 & 5 November 2025
Hour: 16:00 – 18:30
Location: Triaena Business Center (15 Mesogeion Avenue, Athens, near the “Ampelokipoi” metro station).

The Open Days are intended for journalists, media platform and social media account managers, members of the academic community, professionals and researchers working on issues of gender/gender identity, hate speech, the internet and/or human rights, as well as anyone else who is interested.

Admission is free. Anyone interested can attend only one of the two Open Days and, if they wish, can receive a certificate of attendance.

For further information or any clarification, please contact the researcher and project manager for Symplexis, Mr. Thanasis Theofilopoulos, at theofilopoulos.t@symplexis.eu

Learn more about the project

The C.HA.S.E. project is a 3-year European project funded by the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program and coordinated by the Media Diversity Globals Institute (Belgium). The project is implemented in Greece by the non-profit organization Symplexis, the newspaper “Proto Thema,” and the company ITML.

The main objective of the C.HA.S.E. project is to respond to the challenge faced by the EU in tackling hate speech, focusing on hate speech based on gender and gender identity, which is spreading in online media and causing devastating consequences, fueling violence and victimization, and even hate crimes.

The overall objective of CHASE is to implement in the participating countries (Greece, Cyprus, France, and Italy) an original information and communication technology (ICT) tool that will strengthen online media in identifying and responding promptly and effectively to incidents of gender-based hate speech.