HateAid

HateAid is a nonprofit limited liability company based in Berlin that provides advice and support to those affected by online hate speech and hate comments. The organisation is independent and non-partisan. It was founded in 2018¹ by the non-governmental organisations Campact and Fearless Democracy together with Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and is managed by Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon. Both, along with three other Europeans were sanctioned, by the Trump administration in 2025 for "egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.” HateAid is an organisation which states to be committed to human rights on the internet and to raising awareness of the dangers to democracy and freedom of expression in the digital space for society as a whole. HateAid was involved in several legal disputes with right leaning media outlets in Germany, who frequently targeted the organisations financing model and its entanglement with political parties on the left, based on the support HateAid had gained with the Scholz cabinet after 2021, culminating in a 2026 ruling by a Hamburg court allowing the organisation to be called a "Vorfeldorganisation der Grünen" ("vanguard organisation of the Green party").

HateAid is a nonprofit limited liability company based in Berlin that provides advice and support to those affected by online hate speech and hate comments. The organisation is independent and non-partisan. It was founded in 2018 by the non-governmental organisations Campact and Fearless Democracy together with Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and is managed by Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon. Both, along with three other Europeans were sanctioned, by the Trump administration in 2025 for "egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.” HateAid is an organisation which states to be committed to human rights on the internet and to raising awareness of the dangers to democracy and freedom of expression in the digital space for society as a whole. HateAid was involved in several legal disputes with right leaning media outlets in Germany, who frequently targeted the organisations financing model and its entanglement with political parties on the left, based on the support HateAid had gained with the Scholz cabinet after 2021, culminating in a 2026 ruling by a Hamburg court allowing the organisation to be called a "Vorfeldorganisation der Grünen" ("vanguard organisation of the Green party"). ==Media== In 2021, The New York Times reported that leading up to the German September 26 election, HateAid stated online hate speech had increased pronouncedly, such as political candidate discovering a torrent of abuse thrown at her via her social media feed, including threats to kill or assault her sexually. HateAid was also fighting for tougher laws. ==References==

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