ICT4Peace reflecting on 2023 and outlook 2024
Poised at the beginning of 2024, we at ICT4Peace reflect on 2023 as a year marked by significant geopolitical shifts and ongoing challenges in cyberspace governance and digital diplomacy. The ...
AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats
Prof. Margarita Boenig Liptsin and Prof. Nadja Mazouz Inaugural Lectures at ETH
ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology are happy to report the inaugural lectures by Prof. Margarita Boenig Liptsin and Prof. Nadja Mazouz on 10 May 2023 at ...
ICT4Peace and Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich
Launch events by the new Professorship for Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich
ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) were delighted to participate in two inaugural Conferences on Digital Democracy and Ethics in Technological Societies at ETH by the newly ...
Zurich Hub for Ethics, Technology and Society (ZHET), Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace
Can You See Me Now ? – Practises of Tracking, Control and Resistance
Groundbreaking Exhibition at AIA Zurich curated by !Mediengruppe Bitnik and Martina Huber
ICT4Peace is a proud supporter of the exhibition CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? curated by iMedienGruppe Bitnik and Martina Huber, Founder and Director of AIA Awareness in Art at Löwebräukunst in Zurich, ...
ICT4Peace 2022 End of Year Reflections
ICT4Peace 2022 End of Year Reflections The war in Ukraine was the paramount event of the past year. It defined international relations and will dominate annual reviews as well. It ...
Groundbreaking ICT4Peace Mapping Study on the Use of ICTs in Security Services provided by Private Commercial Actors
"From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace - A Mapping Study on the Use of ICTs in Security Services provided by Private Commercial Actors". With the generous support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affair’s Peace and Security Division
Groundbreaking ICT4Peace Study: From Boots on the Ground to Bytes in Cyberspace: Mapping Study on the use of ICTs in private security services by commercial actors by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive ...
At Geneva Peace Week – From Boots on the Ground to Bites in the Cyberspace – The emerging Role of Private Cybersecurity Services Companies
Presentation at Geneva Peace Week of the ICT4Peace Mapping Study on Private Cybersecurity Services carried out for the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ICT4Peace Vice-President Anne-Marie Buzatu along with Frédéric Chenais of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA and Vincent Bernard from ICOCA presented and discussed at Geneva Peace Week the groundbreaking mapping ...
ICT4Peace launches Brown Bag Podcast Series by Sanjana Hattotuwa with Ivan Sigal from Global Voices
ICT4Peace is delighted to launch the ICT4Peace Brown Bag Podcast Series on Social Media, Politics and Society from a Global South perspective, hosted by ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor, Dr Sanjana ...
The Digital Space and Peace Processes – A Thought Piece
By Lisa Schürch - A joint publication by Principles for Peace, Fondation Hirondelle and ICT4Peace Foundation
The Digital Space and Peace Processes – A Thought Piece “This brief informs the Principles for Peace (P4P), a global participatory initiative to develop a new set of principles, standards ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding
Ethical and Political Perspectives on Emerging Digital Technologies
ICT4Peace and ZHET Publication by Regina Surber (Author) and Daniel Stauffacher (Editor)
ICT4Peace, in cooperation with the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), is pleased to publish this compilation of policy briefs op-eds and recorded talks (2017 – 2022) by Regina ...
Tech4Trust Geneva – Panel on Metaverse
Moderated by Jean-Marc Rickli (GCSP) with Anne-Marie Buzatu (ICT4Peace), Caecilia Charbonnier, Dreamscape Immersive and Prof. Sylvain Métille, UNIL
Beyond Pegasus Improving Transparency Rights Protection and Accountability in the Surveillance Tech Space
Anne-Marie Buzatu participating in the Panel Discussion at the Freedom Online Conference on 30 November 2021
Bi-monthly update: Cyber diplomacy, cyber war, social media and democracy
Read the Foundation’s bi-monthly update of projects, strategic input, conferences, papers, interviews and other activities here.
The New EU Legislation on Artificial Intelligence: A Primer
by Prof. Thomas Burri and Dr. Fredrik von Bothmer
In this primer Prof. Thomas Burri and Dr. Fredrick von Bothmer 1) discuss the EU Commission’s proposal of 21 April 2021 of new Union legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) ...
ICT4Peace participates in the Zurich Human Rights Film Festival
ICT4Peace supports the screening and panel discussion of the Film "iHuman" on 6 December at 8:30 pm in the Kino Kosmos in Zurich
ICT4Peace is honored to have been associated with the Zurich Human Rights Film Festival since the beginning. This year ICT4Peace will be supporting the screening of the documentary Film “iHuman”. ...
Celebrating the United Nations at 75
As a global custodian of technology in the pursuit of peace, the ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates the United Nations on its 75th anniversary. ICT4Peace was launched with the support of the ...
Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism
Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
ICT4Peace welcomes the release of Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation 2020. “Digital technology does not exist in a vacuum – it has enormous potential for ...
Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism
Open Letter to the Swiss Minister of Health and Reply regarding Proximity Tracing (Swiss PT App)
On 24 April 2020 ICT4Peace wrote an open letter to the Swiss Federal Councillor and Minister of Health Alain Berset regarding the possible deployment of a “Decentralised Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing ...
Contact-tracing apps are important but less effective in a social welfare vacuum: Governments and businesses must help us to help each other
A blog post by Beatriz Botero Alcira
Contact-tracing apps are important but less effective in a social welfare vacuum: Governments and businesses must help us to help each other A blog post by Beatriz Botero Alcira1) ...
A Human Centric Framework to Evaluate the Risks Raised by Contact-Tracing Applications
By Beatriz Botero Arcila, Harvard Law School
ICT4Peace is pleased to publish a paper by Beatriz Botero Arcila on A Human Centric Framework to Evaluate the Risks Raised by Contact-Tracing Applications Digital technologies, data-gathering and analytics are ...
CORONA PAN(DEM)IC: THE GATEWAY TO GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE?
Our solidarity must be grounded on facts – not on fear.
CORONA PAN(DEM)IC: THE GATEWAY TO GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE? Our solidarity must be grounded on facts – not on fear. As a follow-up to the key note speech by Regina Surber ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
Regina Surber on Corona, Technology and Human Rights
An audio recording of her presentation.
Regina Surber, Senior Advisor at ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) delivered the keynote speech at the #SwissCognitive and @AICapitalCO virtual conference entitled “Corona, Technology and Human Rights”. Regina provided ...
Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
UN Report on Digital Cooperation: ICT4Peace Contribution to UN Discussion on Global Principled and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Governance
As part of the UN Secretary General’s Digital Cooperation Recommendations Follow-Up Process, to which ICT4Peace has contributed the following Reflections and Recommendations , ICT4Peace has been invited to participate as one ...
ICT4Peace and ZHET at Women in AI – WaiTALK: The Dark Side of AI
Regina Surber, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology has been Invited by Women in AI Switzerland to make a presentation on AI, Autonomous Systems, Lethal ...
ICT4Peace and WEF Global Shapers Meeting in Zurich: Building an Inclusive and Principled AI Governance
Along with Dr. Christian B. Westermann, Leader Data & Analytics and Partner at PwC Switzerland, Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, President, ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) ...
Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Publications, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Forum, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
2019: End of year review
ICT4Peace has had quite a year! Over the course of 2019, the breadth and complexity of our work can be gleaned through the more than 80 blog posts as well ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Publications, End of Year Review, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace
ICT4Peace supports Zurich Human Rights Film Festival: Truth Detectives
ICT4Peace is proud to have been working with the Zurich Human Rights Film Festival since its beginning. This year, thanks to the Corymbo Foundation of Annette Ringier, ICT4Peace is supporting ...
Stephen Goose Lecture on the Human Rights Implications of Killer Robots at ETH Zurich
On 6 November 2019 Stephen Goose, Director of Human Rights Watch’s Arms Division gave a lecture at ETH on “Loosing Humanity: The Human Rights Implications of Killer Robots” and presented ...
Outlining Future Challenges of Cybersecurity: CANVAS Report
Dr. Markus Christen, Head of the Digital Society Initiative of the University of Zurich, convened on 24 October 2019 the workshop on “Outlining Future Challenges of Cybersecurity – the CANVAS ...
New policy paper by foraus: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence
Kevin Kohler, Pascal Oberholzer and Nicolas Zahn of the Swiss Think Tank foraus published the policy paper: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence The executive summary of the paper notes: “Artificial ...
#SpeakingTheTruth at Zurich Film Festival: Q&A after screening of ‘Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World’
As part of the #SpeakingTheTruth series, the Foundation will host a Q&A session after the screening of ‘Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World‘, a film by Hans Pool, on 5th ...
“We must confront what we fear”: Responding to terrorism on social media
At a time when social media is under scrutiny for its role in tragedies like the Christchurch mosque shootings, governments must avoid knee-jerk reactions, writes ICT4Peace Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa. ...
ICT4Peace Lecture at ETH on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN negotiations
On July 18, 2019, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technololgy (ZHET) gave a one-hour lecture on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the United Nationals ...
Activities, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
ICT4Peace supports Geneva Consultations on the report of UN HLP on Digital Cooperation
On Monday 24 June 2019, Anne-Marie Buzatu Senior Advisor for ICT4Peace attended the event Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Report: Contributions from Geneva hosted by the Geneva Internet Platform, in conjunction with ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace
UN Digital Cooperation – Questions to SG Guterres, Melinda Gates and Jack Ma
To support the launch of the UN SG Guterres’ Report on Digital Cooperation on 10 June 2019, ICT4peace submitted the following four questions addressed to the UN SG, Melinda Gates ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Forum, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech against terrorism
ICT4Peace on Emerging Security Issues at New Haven School of Jurisprudence Conference in Hangzhou, China.
ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited to present at the 10th International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence in Hangzhou, China. The conference – founded and led by Tulane Law ...
ICT4Peace on AI, Human Dignity and Inclusive Societies at ITU’s AIforGood Conference in Geneva
ICT4Peace’s Regina Surber took part in the panel ‘AI, Human Dignity and Inclusive Societies’ at ITU’s AIforGood Conference in Geneva. The panel was moderated by Megan Metzger, co-panelists were Wafa ...
ICT4Peace input to Christchurch Call meeting in Paris
The Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online In preparation of the Christchurch Call Meeting hosted by the Prime Minister RT Hon Jacinda Ardern in ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Tech against terrorism
ROCHE Tower Talks at ETH: ‘Human or Machine – Who makes the diagnosis?’
Dr. Daniel Stauffacher and Regina Surber of the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated at the discussion event ‘Mensch oder Maschine – Wer stellt die Diagnose?, co-organised by ...
INVITATION TO A PUBLIC LECTURE: From Christchurch to Sri Lanka – The curious case of social media
Interactive Lecture by Mr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace, TED Fellow Alum
«From the burning of the Notre Dame in Paris to heinous terrorism in Sri Lanka and Christchurch, social media inextricably is entwined with how billions see or engage with the ...
ICT4Peace in NZZ: Auslagerung des Grundrechtsschutzes von der Politik auf Firmen
Article in NZZ: Are governments outsourcing protection of fundamental rights to companies ?
On 24 April 2019 Regina Surber published an op-ed in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): “Auslagerung des Grundrechtsschutzes von der Politik auf Firmen” (Are governments outsourcing protection of fundamental rights to ...
ICT4Peace at Milano Human Rights Film Festival on “Technology Off-Limits”
Together with Professor Maria Chiara Carrozza, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated in a Panel on „Technology off Limits” at the Human Rights ...
Regina Surber participating in Panel on AI and Civilian, Transdisciplinary and International Perspectives during UN CCW/GGE
During the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts Meetings on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva, 25-29 March 2019, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
Updates on social media, terrorism, AI and LAWS
Managing the risks and rewards of emerging and converging technologies: International cooperation, national policy and the role of the individual. A new paper by Regina Surber. Access it here. The ...
New ICT4Peace Paper : Managing the risks and rewards of emerging and converging technologies: International cooperation, national policy and the role of the individual
New ICT4Peace Paper: Managing the risks and rewards of emerging and converging technologies: International cooperation, national policy and the role of the individual ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the publication of ...
LAWS ICT4Peace at the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva
On behalf of ICT4Peace, Regina Surber and Emanuel Teicher participated at the 2019 Group on Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the UN in Geneva, 25-29 March ...
Rethinking Arms Control: The case of Biotechnology
On behalf of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) Regina Surber and Daniel Stauffacher participated in the Conference “2019. Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control” organized by ...
Principles over promises: Responding to terrorism
Almost exactly a year ago, Facebook was in the news in New Zealand over a row with Privacy Commissioner John Edwards. The heated public exchange between Edwards and the company ...
Radio interview with Daniel Stauffacher on the Christchurch Tragedy
In the aftermath of the Christchurch Tragedy, on 18 March 2019, Swiss Radio conducted an Interview with Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace on the role of social media in the ...
ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Publications, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism
Pulse points
A Social Media Analysis of the Christchurch Massacre
Whether bound by country, city or community, the pulse of or, on Friday, the pain from a place like Christchurch can often be determined by the careful collection of social ...
Terrorists know they have the upper hand on social media
Coming out of a long meeting, the first I heard of the violence in Christchurch was from those in Sri Lanka who had got breaking news alerts. I was both ...
ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Tech against terrorism
ICT4Peace at OAS Meeting in Oxford: Urgent Need to address the Digital Security Divide
ICTPeace was invited by the Organization of American States (OAS) to participate in a Workshop with Parliamentarians from the OAS on (27-28 February 2019) on Cybersecurity and Strengthening Democratic Processes ...
Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Constitution building and institutional strengthening post-war/post-conflict, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace
Implications of Social Media for Reformed Peace Operations: ICT4Peace Presentation to UN Leadership Group
Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) to give a presentation on the impact of social media around political ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding
High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation: Reflections and Recommendations from the ICT4Peace Foundation
The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to present for the consideration of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation some insights, observations and recommendations based on over ten years of a close, ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Forum, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech against terrorism
New ICT4Peace Paper | Digital Human Security: Human beings need to be the core focus of the IT and security agenda going forward
ICT4peace, in cooperation with the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), is proud to announce its most recent paper Human security in the age of AI: Securing and empowering ...
Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Publications, Reports, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Forum, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
Ron Deibert from Citizen Lab on ‘Three Uncomfortable Truths about Social Media’ at the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF)
ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology, sponsors of the new section Hashtag # Big data at the Zurich Film Festival, have organised on 6 October 2018 a ...
ICT4Peace in Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ demands an urgent public debate and regulatory engagement regarding artificial intelligence by the Swiss people and authorities
Regina Surber and Daniel Stauffacher published the following guest commentary in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on 19 September 2018. Regina Surber is a Scientific Advisor to ICT4Peace and the ...
Welcoming UN Secretary General’s strategy on new technologies
As noted on Twitter, the ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release of the report on new technologies by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The report outlines a bold new vision for the ...
Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding
Ron Deibert at the 14th Zurich Film Festival: Talk on “New Media, AI and how it affects our lives“
The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) are proud partners of the #BigData section of the 14th Zurich Film Festival. In this context, the foundation has organised a talk, which ...
Artificial Intelligence and ‘Fake News’: Recording of public lecture
On 21 September 2018, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation, delivered a lecture on Artificial Intelligence and ‘Fake News’ to a packed room in Vischer AG in Zurich, Switzerland. ...
Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology and ICT4Peace present Ron Deibert and Xu Bing at the 14th Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) and the ICT4Peace Foundation are happy to be the partner of the new program section at the Zurich Film Festival called “Hashtag ...
ICT4Peace at Facebook Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable
Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to be part of the Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable held at Facebook’s HQ in Menlo Park, from 17-18 September 2018. ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, Policy Research CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace
Public talk on AI and fake news: Peeking into the rabbit hole
Speaker: Sanjana Hattotuwa Event details 21 September 2018, 11:30 – 13:30 Vischer AG Schützengasse 1 8001 Zürich For further information or registration please contact: annahofmann@ict4peace.org The term fake news increasingly frames our ...
ICT4Peace at UN Conference on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) from 27 to 31 August in Geneva
It is the third year that the ICT4Peace Foundation is taking part at discussions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the ...
Understanding and Countering Disinformation, Online Falsehoods and Fake News
The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) organised a workshop on Understanding and Countering Disinformation, Online ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Publications, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
Dr. Serge Droz of ICT4Peace invited by the ITU GSR 2018 to participate in the Global Dialogue on AI, IoT and Cybersecurity
On 9 July 2018, Dr. Serge Droz, Member of the Board, First and Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace was invited by the ITU to participate in the ITU GSR Thematic Event on ...
ICT4Peace in the Media, Activities, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Big data, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology
The Janus Effect: Social Media in Peace Mediation
Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, presented at “Social Media and Mediation: the good, the bad and the ugly”, a workshop held in Geneva on 10 July 2018, ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data
ICT4Peace Colloquium with Professor Stuart Russell at the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET)
The ICT for Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology hosted a colloquium on 9 June 2018 with Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering, University of California, ...
ICT4Peace and ZHET at RightsCon Toronto 2018 on Artificial Intelligence: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats
ICT4Peace and ZHET Panel Discussion at RightsCon Toronto 2018 on Artificial Intelligence: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats with: Todd Davies, Associate Director and Lecturer, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford ...
ICT4Peace Panel at RightsCon in Toronto: Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Peace Time Threats
ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology are proud to announce its Panel today, 16 May 2018 at RightsCon on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Peace Time ...
Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and Peace Time Threats with Prof. Ron Arkin
ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) were honoured to welcome Prof. Ron Arkin for an informal workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and Peace Time ...
Bots Before the Ballot: Twitter’s big problems in South and South East Asia
### Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa’s research in Sri Lanka is quoted in a new Time magazine exposé on the scale and scope of Twitter bot problem ...
AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, Reports, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, Constitution building and institutional strengthening post-war/post-conflict, Big data
ICT4Peace at 12th International Forum on Information Security in Garmisch on AI, LAWS and Peace Time Threats
On behalf of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), Daniel Stauffacher participated again at the “Garmisch 2018: 12th International Forum on Information Security” on 17 April 2018. ...
Progress at the UN on use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons
ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) participated in the UN Meeting (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS) in Geneva from 9 to 13 April 2018. ICT4Peace ...
President Macron on Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Transparency, Democracy and Ethics
Photo courtesy Wired magazine. President Emmanuel Macron of France, in a recent speech and interview with Wired magazine on Artificial Intelligence. provided some valuable insights and comments, which concur with ...
Artificial Intelligence: Autonomous Technology (AT), Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and Peace Time Threats
The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) are pleased to announce the publication of the paper: Artificial Intelligence (AI): Autonomous Technology (AT), Lethal Autonomous Weapons ...
Autonomous technology: The danger beyond killer robots
In February 2018, Regina Surber released a commentary ‘Autonome Technologie ist nicht nur in Kriegsrobotern riskant’ (eng.: Autonomous technology: the danger beyond killer robots), which was published in the Neue ...
ICT4Peace calls for a holistic understanding of peace and security implications of autonomous technology
Regina Surber, Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), gave a lecture on Autonomous Intelligent Software Agents, LAWS and Peace-Time Threats on 16 ...
In conversation with Ron Deibert: Cybersecurity, privacy, ethics and using technology for good
As noted on its website, since 2015, the Human Rights Film Festival Zurich takes place each year on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights on 10 December. ...
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ICT4Peace at UN Meeting discussing Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)
From 13 to 17 November 2017, the UN’s Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met at United Nations Offices at Geneva to discuss Lethal Autonomous ...
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Artificial Intelligence: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats
Regina Surber, Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, presented on 13 November 2017 at ETH Zurich current research of ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems ...
Screening «Black Code» & Talk «Surveillance and Privacy»
«SURVEILLANCE AND PRIVACY AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CITIZEN» The screening of «Black Code» will be followed by a conversation with Ronald Deibert (author and director of the Citizen Lab ...
ICT4Peace’s Regina Surber Lecture on Ethics and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) at ETH (Live-streamed)
Regina Surber, Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation will present on 13 November at ETH Zurich the ICT4Peace’s and the Zurich Hub for Science and Technology’s (ZHET) current research on Lethal Autonomous Weapons ...
ICT4Peace at Cyberweek 2017 – Tel Aviv: Peace and Security Cooperation in Cyberspace
Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace, was invited to be speaker at Cyber Week 2017, which took place place in Tel Aviv from June 25th to June 29th. He participated in ...
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Supporting ICRC’s Global Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation
Photo courtesy ICRC Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation were invited to attend the inaugural Global Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation conference held on October 16th ...
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How to innovate responsibly in a digital world?
On 19 June 2012 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by Oxford University’s Framework for Responsible Research & Innovation in ICT (FRRIICT) Project to participate in a panel discussion at the ...
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The future of ICTs in peacebuilding: Presentation at Build Peace conference 2014
ICT4Peace was an early advisor to and sponsor of this first of its kind conference ‘Peace Through Technology‘ at MIT, Cambridge in April 2014. The Conference explored how information and ...
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UAViators: Exploring the use of UAVs for non-lethal purposes
Photo credit: Pia Zaragoza, via UNICEF In March 2014, Patrick Meier invited the ICT4Peace Foundation to give input into what at the time was a draft note around creating a global ...
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Innovation in UN peacekeeping: Discussing the state-of-the-art and the future
On April 7th a high-level panel with the two UN Under-Secretaries for Peace-Keeping, Ameerah Haq and Hervé Ladsous was organized at IPI in New York focusing on advances in technologies ...
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Presentation at OpenGov Hub on Big Data
Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to deliver a brown-bag presentation at the OpenGov Hub in Washington DC in late April. His presentation was on Big Data and ...
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Consultation on “Protection in violent situations – standards for managing sensitive information”
Dutch Red Cross worker Meike Groen, working for the ICRC in Haiti, helps people use the satellite phone to reassure relatives that they are alive, via Flickr. © ICRC / Marko Kokic / ...
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Using citizen journalism to bear witness to violence: TED Talk
Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa delivered his TED Talk at TED 2011 in Long Beach, California.
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Technology, Trust and Terror
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Responsibly mining the “New Gold”
Digital Data is the gold of the 21st century. It is nearly impossible to browse a website, write an email, or use a mobile app without generating copious amounts of ...