A/HRC/26/49 aimed at empowering women in Internet policy decisions. The Association’s website hosts an online forum for the discussion of issues relating to gender-based discrimination. It also publishes a collaborative report, the Global Information Society Watch, which monitors the implementation of international commitments made by States, with a special focus on human rights. 60. Bytes for All (content.bytesforall.pk) is a human rights organization and research think tank based in Pakistan that advocates for discussions on information and communication technologies and human rights. Discussions of this type have resulted in an initiative with the objectives of securing freedom of expression online, strengthening the digital security of human rights defenders and ending gender-based violence online. The Open Net Initiative launched by the organization aims to investigate the impact posed by the increasing amount of censorship on the Internet. 61. The Take Back the Tech initiative, which involves several human rights organizations, including the Association for Progressive Communications and Bytes for All, is aimed at ending gender-based violence by increasing the influence that women have on policymaking on the Internet and in social media. It creates an online environment that features effective and reliable systems for reporting violence against women and empowering women in discussions that involve the creation of policy for social networking platforms, web hosting and telephone operators. 62. The Umati initiative developed by the iHub innovation centre (www.ihub.co.ke) based in Nairobi aims at proposing a workable definition of hate speech and a contextualized methodology for its analysis; collecting and monitoring the occurrence of hate speech in Kenya; and promoting civic education and interaction both online and offline. Similarly, the It Gets Better project (www.itgetsbetter.org), started in 2010 in Los Angeles (United States of America), aims to provide emotional, psychological and legal support for LGBT youth victims of hate and discrimination. The project acts on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, posting positive and inspiring messages to those suffering from gender-based discrimination. Many important public figures have participated in video messages posted by the project. In Europe, iCud (Internet: Creatively Unveiling Discrimination) (digitaldiscrimination.eu), the combined effort of five grassroots organizations in different European Union countries and the University of Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona (Spain), is a project designed to raise awareness and to explore innovative ways to combat discrimination online. The initiative, which is supported by the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Funding Programme of the European Union, is aimed at creating a framework for understanding hate speech and discrimination on the Internet, in addition to being an innovative model for combating discriminatory material. 63. The Special Rapporteur would also like to mention some mobile applications developed to combat racism, homophobia and hate speech. The “Kick It Out” app (www.kickitout.org), developed jointly by Make Positive and Sherry Design Studios, is designed to address racism in football matches. Endorsed by the Premier League and Football League in the United Kingdom, the app allows match-goers and supporters to report racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia in real time during the matches. The information collected is then forwarded to clubs and government bodies. Another application, “Everyday Racism”, was developed by the Australian organization All Together Now and is supported by the University of Melbourne and other academic institutions in Australia (alltogethernow.org.au). Designed to raise awareness of racism against Aboriginal peoples, the application challenges players to live a week in the life of an Aboriginal person in order to gain an understanding of the prejudice that Aboriginals face. In France, the “app’Licra” application (www.licra.org/fr/l’app-licra-1ère-application- 16