ICT4Peace is delighted to have published this Compilation of a series of short papers, articles and op-eds by Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT4Peace Special Advisor, in the aftermath of the horrendous March 2019 Christchurch massacre in New Zealand and the April 2019 Sri Lanka Easter Bombings.
Since March 2018, Dr. Hattotuwa has been pursuing doctoral research on social media and violence at the University of Otago, New Zealand, which he successfully completed with his Dissertation entitled:”Liking hate? Social media, politics, and conflict in Sri Lanka”.
Covering a period of three-years, Hattotuwa’s contributions in New Zealand’s domestic media, international media and other public fora including lectures in Europe critically examine a spectrum of issues brought to light by the 2019’s violence and terrorism.
Reducing harm online, how offline context influences online content, the role of disinformation, the reach of misinformation, addressing content inciting violence, the opportunities and challenges posed by AI in the reduction of online harms, domestic media regulation, and human rights considerations in platform governance are some of the issues covered in this collection, featuring op-eds, essays, policy briefs, presentations, lectures and podcasts.
The ICT4Peace Foundation was also honoured to have been invited by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the French President Emmanuel Macron to contribute to and participate 1) in the Christchurch Call to Action Summit, which took place on 15 May 2019 in Paris, France, two months after the two attacks.
In its contribution to the Christchurch Call to Action Summit, ICT4Peace was able to build on its close and fruitful cooperation with UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) from 2015 to 2019. 2)
