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Nov 2019
TITLE: Do-It-Yourself FIRST MEETING: Rustavi, Georgia DATES: January 8-17, 2020 IMPLEMENTING CANs AT LOCAL DATES: January-February, 2020 SECOND MEETING: Norger, Netherlands DATES: March 2-8, 2020 Counter and alternative narratives (CANs) combat hate speech by discrediting and deconstructing the narratives on which they are based while proposing (alternative) narratives based on human rights and democratic values, such as openness, respect for difference, freedom and equality. They do so by providing alternative and accurate information, by using appealing emotions on the issues involved, and by accounting to different perspec...