Which forms can hate speech take? How to recognise them? Paula Carvalho, an INESC-ID researcher and member of the Project KNOwHATE team, joined Amanda Lima, journalist and editor of Diário de Notícias Brasil, in the second episode of the podcast “Cortar o Mal pela Raiz” (Cut the Evil at its Root), moderated by Cláudia Semedo. In this episode, the three participants discussed and analysed the complexity, multiple facets and subtleties of direct and indirect hate speech.

The Podcast “Cortar o Mal Pela Raiz” is a four-episode series giving voice to various perspectives and experiences with a common goal: understanding online hate speech in Portuguese to combat it.

The podcast is part of the KNOwHATE consortium, funded by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values program, and which includes INESC-ID, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, the Interactive Technologies Institute, among other partners. It aims to offer an innovative, comprehensive, participatory, and culturally sensitive approach to analyse, detect, and combat direct and indirect hate speech in Portuguese.

Listen to the full episode (in PT) here.