Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered am ar 13 Mawrth 2025.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Non-affiliated
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 17 February (HL4711), what steps they are taking develop a policy on tackling the dehumanisation of Palestinians.
Lord Collins of Highbury
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)
We recognise that dehumanising language and hate speech can lay the ground for and seek to justify identity-based violence in conflict. The proliferation of harmful online narratives and its impact on conflict is an emerging challenge. Partnering with specialist organisations, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is working to identify global best practices for mitigating harmful digital behaviours in conflict - including misinformation, disinformation and hate speech - and considering how action on such digital harms can be integrated into our wider approach to conflict and atrocity prevention.
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