The “Media Advocate” initiative calls on media not to cover insults and hate speech

When conducting its research, the “Media Advocate” initiative comes across numerous expressions of hate both in the form of posts and comments on the social networks and in the articles of online media.

Those Facebook users and politicians who are critical of the current government are the targeted victims of hate speech.

It’s noteworthy that the authorities are also subject to verbal harassment. One may find mutual insults under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Facebook posts.

The “Media Advocate” initiative calls on the media not to cover the mutual insults of politicians and urges users to refrain from insulting media, journalists, and politicians.