Tomás Fernández-Villazala

Tomás Fernández-Villazala is a Captain of the Civil Guard and Head of Service of the Spanish National Office Against Hate Crimes (ONDOD) of the General Directorate of Coordination and Studies, in the Secretariat of State for Security (Ministry of the Interior). He holds a PhD in Law from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), a Degree in Law from the University of Valladolid (UVA), a Degree in Psychology from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), a Degree in Criminology from the Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia (UCAM) and he has been assigned to ONDOD since its formal creation in 2018.

Publications

The Interaction Between Offensive and Hate Speech on Twitter and Relevant Social Events in Spain
Jesús Gómez, Alberto Matilla-Molina, Ma. Pilar Amado, Dimosthenis Antypas, Jose Camacho-Collados, Carlos J. Máñez, Tomás Fernández-Villazala, Alicia Méndez-Sanchís, Javier López. © 2023. 29 pages.
Hate speech is one of the major concerns of Europe. Different studies, mainly in English language, have been carried out to analyze hate speech, many of them from a theoretical...