Safe Digital City

Social media platforms have become spaces where threats, hate speech and extremism are thriving.

Extremist groups have centered their recruitment efforts and misinformation campaigns on the same social media platforms that have become part of our everyday lives. This has prompted Intelligence services from across the Nordics to accentuate the importance of preventing the spread of misinformation, radicalization and extremism online.

This development is problematic for municipalities and local security workers, as it is still difficult to form an accurate picture of how hatred, extremism, and racism travels online and into the physical streets, communities and areas of a city.

Facing these challenges requires a systematic understanding of why, where, and how the local hate is formed and spread online. When such an understanding does not exist, local actors are often forced to act in the dark – or only after hatred has taken root in the physical environment.

Learn more about Nordic Safe Cities’ programme „Safe Digital City“