ICTs and Human Rights Protection

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  ...

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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  ...

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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  ...

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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  ...

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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  ...

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