Fulfilter against hatred on the Internet – Göteborgs-Posten

Introducing an app to näthat. Then turn whore to the jack pot, cock of course and mongo to genius.

Länsförsäkringar in Gothenburg and Bohuslän are tired of the harsh climate that characterizes the exchanges of text messages and online, especially among children and adolescents.

– Violations sent without reflection and injures a person whose reaction you can not see. This has become a social problem, says Fredrik Löfgren, sustainability manager at the insurance company.

now launching Länsförsäkringar app Fulfilter, to be “nice proof” your key presses and filter out nasty and offensive words from your mobile phone .

– In our daily work we see the result of näthat and digital bullying in the form of juvenile crime as criminal damage, assault and burglary. By developing the app, we want both for discussion nätkränkningar, and point to what the internet hate can lead. We also want to do our bit to contribute to a warmer climate in society and a fairer dialogue online, says Lofgren.

The app contains several thousand “fulord”, which automatically transformed into a friendlier variant after passing kindness filter. Länsförsäkringar has had the help of professionals to develop Fulfilter.

– We have also turned us on to schools in the development of the app. Among other things, students helped to develop common, insulting words used on the network, says Fredrik Löfgren.

To turn curses and invective to compliments and joy spreader is the main purpose of the app.

– For example gets cock to track and whore gets perfect score, says Fredrik Löfgren.

Other words that flash rapidly changing shape is the loser (winner), mongo (genius) and jerk (Fine singers).

– The app is certainly not the solution to the entire problem, but it is a way to highlight the problem and create a dialogue about how we communicate today, not least on digital platforms, says Fredrik Löfgren.

Under the Week 47, November 16 to 20, arranges Länsförsäkringar workshops at a number of schools in western Sweden.

– The purpose is to let the students discuss the matter together and come up with their own tips on how social dialogue could be warmer , says Lofgren.

Fulfilter can be downloaded for free on both Appstore and Google Play.

Speaking näthat as implemented tomorrow, Wednesday, the so-called No hate-days , for the second time. The whole thing is a digital manifestation against näthat and all the good forces are instructed to “love bomb” on the web.