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October 10, 2024, Arica Fact Checking Fellows – ETH fellows held an engaging round table discussion at Tamra for Social Development with the participation of over 30 youth volunteers to discuss ways of safekeeping from misinformation and hate speech. Participants coming from modeling, theater, literature, and music presented personal experiences and emphasized that solutions to misinformation should come from the youth in the Oromia region. #YouthEmpowerment #EndMisinformation #CommunityEngagement”
#defyhatenow in Ethiopia seeks to support those voices acting against the conflict to go ‘viral’ within and outside the country – bringing the diaspora into the online peace building framework, bridging gaps of knowledge and awareness of social media mechanisms between those with access to technology and those without.