HateAid gGmbH
Budget
€5,774,000
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
7
4.1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
HateAid is a non-profit organisation founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin. We advocate for human rights in the digital sphere and combat digital violence and its consequences at both social and political levels. HateAid supports people affected by online violence through counselling and litigation funding. How we operate: 1. Counselling: Emotionally supporting people affected by digital violence. We offer nationwide assistance through emotional, communicative and cyber-security counselling. 2. Litigation financing: Bringing perpetrators to justice and empower those affected. HateAid enables those affected to take legal action against hate on the internet without bearing the risk of a court case. 3. Advocacy: Advising European policymakers and the German Parliament. We are also being consulted as an expert by various stakeholders, including the judiciary and police. 4. Public Relations: Raising awareness through political campaigns.
EU Legislative Interests
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence Proposal for a Directive/Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on strengthening consumer protection in the digital environment (Digital Fairness Act)
Communication Activities
Dec 2025 — Study: Rights without reach. The DSA put to the test (https://hateaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hateaid-dsa-rights-without-reach-2025.pdf) Oct 2025 — Input in the public consultation for the Digital Fairness Act (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act/F33095541_en) Oct 2025 — Policy Brief on Age Verification on Online Platforms Sep 2025 — Input in the public consultation for the Action Plan against Cyberbullying (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14791-Action-plan-against-cyberbullying/F33071348_en) Jan 2025 — Study: Safe to Engage – Securing democratic voices online (https://hateaid.org/neue-studie-politisch-engagierte-und-digitale-gewalt/) Dec 2024 — Input in the multi-stakeholder consultation for Commission Guidelines on the Application of the Definition of an AI System and the Prohibited AI Practices Established in the AI Act Sep 2024 — Input in the multi-stakeholder consultation on Trustworthy General-Purpose AI Models under the AI Act Aug 2024 — DSA User Guide (https://hateaid.org/en/dsa-user-guide/) Aug 2024 — Statement on the future of strategic litigation in Germany (https://hateaid.org/en/x-finds-loophole-strategic-lawsuit-only-possible-in-ireland/) Apr 2024 — Input in the public consultation on Election Integrity Guidelines by the European Commission Mar 2024 — Study: Hatred against women in politics (https://hateaid.org/en/hatred-against-women-in-politics-insults-online-acceptable-to-every-third-person/) Feb 2024 — Statement on the Directive on Combating Gender-based Violence (https://hateaid.org/en/eu-protects-women-from-digital-violence/) Dec 2023 — Recommendations on Trusted Flagger designation (https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Trusted-Flaggers-guide-for-designation.pdf) Oct 2023 — Petition: Data Access on Social Media #FreeTravisFreeResearch (https://hateaid.org/en/petition-travis-brown-free-research/) Oct 2023 — Open letter for the designation of online platforms hosting pornographic content (https://hateaid.org/en/porn-platforms-as-vlops/) Oct 2023 — Open letter to EU co-legislators to combat violence against women and domestic violence (https://hateaid.org/en/letter-eu-co-legislators-combat-violence-women-domestic-violence/) Jul 2022 — Statement on the adoption of the DSA (https://hateaid.org/en/eu-against-digital-violence/) Mar 2022 — Report: Facebook fails to remove toxic content ahead of the French Presidential elections (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-report-facebook-french-elections/) Mar 2022 — Study: Poll on Digital Violence (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-survey-victims-social-media/https://hateaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/hateaid-eu-report-redress-social-media-platforms.pdf) Jan 2022 — Petition: 30,000 people call for an end to digital violence against women (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-digital-services-act-petition/) Jan 2022 — Statement on the EP’s DSA report (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-digital-services-act-mixed-signals/) Dec 2021 — Open letter to MEPs on Platform Accountability (https://hateaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/HateAid_OpenLetter_PlatformAccountability_Art17.pdf) Nov 2021 — Statement on the Council’s DSA position (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-digital-services-act-could-fail/) Nov 2021 — Statement on the EU visit of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-frances-haugen-protest-brussels/) Nov 2021 — Study: Europe-wide survey on digital violence (https://hateaid.org/en/press-release-eu-survey-digital-violence/) Oct 2021 — Petition: Stop violence against women online! #makeitsafe (https://hateaid.org/en/dsa-stop-violance-against-women-online/) Jul 2021 — Open Letter to the governments of Sweden, Ireland and Finland (https://hateaid.org/en/open-letter-counter-extremism-project/)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
We are affiliated with the Mercator Foundation (https://www.stiftung-mercator.de/) We are affiliated with the Michael Otto Foundation for Sustainability (https://www.michaelottofoundationforsustainability.org/) We are affiliated with the Schöpflin Foundation (https://www.schoepflin-stiftung.de/)
Organisation Members
None.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.