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17. June 2019

Full video & slidedeck of lecture: From Christchurch to Sri Lanka – The curious case of social media

On 20 May 2019, Sanjana Hattotuwa, a Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation since 2006, gave a well-attended public lecture at the University of Zurich on the role, reach and ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory CS, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Tech against terrorism

13. June 2019

National Dialogue limits in the age of digital media: ‘New dialogic processes’

Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, joined the 2019 National Dialogues Conference via Skype video on 12 June to both present a short overview of the state-of-play and ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

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10. June 2019

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, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, 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 Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech against terrorism

9. May 2019 Switzerland

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 ...

Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

15. April 2019

ICRC Report on Digital Risks in Situation of Armed Conflict

ICT4Peace is very pleased to acknowledge the release by ICRC of the report on the ‘Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict‘ Symposium. There report can be found here. ICT4Peace ...

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4. April 2019

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 ...

ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, 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