Hatred and agitation online are not a new problem, including around football. But it is also something that more and more people are opposing – there is now a remarkable initiative in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Gave insights from his personal experiences: Andreas Luthe. IMAGO/Revierfoto
In December last year, VfL Bochum, together with the North Rhine-Westphalia Cybercrime Central and Contact Point (ZAC NRW), launched the initiative “Who rushes, loses!” brought to life. The aim of the project is to consistently prosecute criminal hatred in digital media. In itself, this isn’t great news, as there are already similar projects.
What is noteworthy, however, is that all NRW clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd league have joined the Bochum initiative, as the Revierklub announced. This means that champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach are also taking part. Schalke 04, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn are on board from the 2nd league.
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“We know that hatred on the internet also leads to an increase in violence in real life,” Ilja Kaenzig, spokesman for the management of VfL Bochum, is quoted as saying in a club statement. “This association of politicians, authorities and clubs is all the more important,” added Jonas Schlevogt, Bochum’s legal advisor and initiator. “It sends the right signal. Only together can we tackle the issue. Whoever rushes loses!”
How do we get the values we want to live into social networks?
“Football has great appeal and reaches many people. That’s why the project is a great idea to take action against unbridled hatred on the Internet,” emphasized NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul on Tuesday at an event in the Vonovia Ruhrstadion, where the first public discussions took place around the project. Not only were the project and its goals presented, but also possible solutions and practical examples were discussed.
Bochum’s goalkeeper Andreas Luthe and goalkeeper Almuth Schult also reported on their wealth of personal experience, who also asked: “We talk about the fact that we want to breathe respect and fairness into football. But how do we get the values that we want to live, not only on the football field, but also on social networks?”
The event was not just limited to representatives from sports and politics; there were also experts on site, such as Markus Hartmann, senior public prosecutor at the Cologne Attorney General’s Office, and Ingo Wünsch, director of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Criminal Police Office.
2024-04-16 17:53:18
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