“…Hate incidents have been on the rise, fuelled by factors like migration, economic crises, anti-gender narratives, and conspiracy theories, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, with relevant impacts on freedom of expression and democratic participation. To combat this, international institutions like the European Commission 3 , the Council of Europe 4 , the United Nations and its member states have been working to define and address hate speech and hate crime [12]. Despite the adoption of AI tools for moderation, automated systems have proven insufficient, and further efforts are needed to effectively tackle online hate speech [2,3,7].…”