A glimpse of hope
Safe-spaces on the internet
The rising of discrimination also allowed the creation of spaces called safe spaces to allow the victims to speak up on the subject, to advice other people and to feel heard and seen here are some examples of the safe spaces on the internet.
Amino, to bring people together
It’s an app that consists in creating rooms made to talk about specific subjects to bring together people who are similar. Many rooms for discriminated people or victims of harassment were created. There are rooms for women so that these people can share their personal experiences or even give advice to people on certain topics this application will also make available important websites and resources and there are also reminders of laws that people post to tell us that victims have the opportunity to defend themselves and stop discrimination there are also rooms against racism, against harassment, these rooms allow people to raise awareness on these subjects and to allow young people to feel surrounded and safe
Discord
Discord is a social network similar to amino that also works with a room principle made for specific community on these websites there is also a moderation system that manages abuses or people likely to endanger or attack the safety of the user.
Tiktok, an underestimated way to raise awarness
There are other social networks that are less based on closed and restricted rooms their main purpose is not the creation of groups and small communities, but they will be used and become important spaces of communication for the victims of discrimination, We can mention tiktok which is an application where we can create videos and make duets with other videos. There is an algorithm system that offers us content that we appreciate there is a targeting system. This application is used a lot by people who are victims of racism to denounce abusive acts done on them by the government, that was the case for the black lives matter demonstrations that have been shown a lot many links to petitions were shared and it opened our eyes on new social issues and perspectives and made it possible to raise awareness and involve a big part of the users.
Twitter is also a social network that makes it possible to raise awareness about social issues and discrimination even if it is not a site with closed communities you can post experiences of photos or videos or report on the subject you want, this app has been used a lot by feminists with the movement with the hashtag “balance ton porc” it was made to denounce sexual predator or rapists, another similar movement was the “me too” movement it was also used to talk about women’s experiences and to show a growing societal problem.
