HATE-LESS
Harnessing Awareness to End Hate Speech and Disinformation for a More Diverse Youth Using Media Literacy and Technology
The HATE-LESS project addresses the growing challenges of hate speech, disinformation, and racism in the digital sphere by equipping youth workers and young people with the tools to critically analyse and counter harmful narratives.
By fostering media and digital literacy, the initiative empowers participants to deconstruct fake news and promote alternative, inclusive perspectives on migration and diversity.
Through participatory approaches, including storytelling and video production, young people become active agents of change, amplifying counter-narratives that challenge prejudice and promote intercultural dialogue.
The project is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, coordinated by Y4M (Germany), and implemented in partnership with organisations from Estonia, France, Spain, Luxembourg, and Cyprus.
Project number: (2024-1-DE04-KA220-YOU-000244181)
Project Activities
HATE-LESS Youth Media Laboratories in Cyprus
What happens when you give young people the tools and the trust to tell their own stories? That's the question at the centre of the HATE-LESS Youth Media Laboratories, now underway in Cyprus.
HATE-LESS Youth Worker Training: Cyprus edition
On 20 February 2026, Waves Foundation for Global Education hosted the Cyprus edition of the HATE-LESS Youth Worker Cascade Training — a 5-hour workshop bringing together 15 youth workers and educators from across the island.
During the workshop, participants:
Engaged with the methodological guidelines and toolkit developed by the HATE-LESS partnership
Familiarised themselves with participatory video as a pedagogical approach
Tested practical activities designed to deconstruct hate speech, disinformation, and racist narratives
Reflected on how to adapt the methodology to their own contexts and youth groups
Recap From Hate-Less Meeting in Tallin
