Tech against terrorism

Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa speaking on the “Role of Civil Society in Tackling Hate Speech”

Webinar organised by The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG) on 23 May 2022 1-2 pm EST or 7-8pm CET.

ICT4Peace Special Advisor Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa will speak on “THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN TACKLING HATE SPEECH” at the forthcoming webinar on 23 May 2022 (1 to 2 pm EST or  ...

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Sanjana Hattotuwa: The Nature of Disinformation and Nurture of Democratic Responses

ICT4Peace Publication on Reflections, Research and Writings on Aotearoa New Zealands's Christchurch Massacre

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  ...

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The nature of disinformation & nurture of democratic responses: Writing & output on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Christchurch Massacre

ICT4Peace is delighted to publish this compilation of a series of short papers, articles, op-eds by Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT4Peace Special Advisor, in the aftermath of the horrendous March 2019 Christchurch  ...

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The Christchurch massacre and social media: Lessons learnt and unlearnt

Image courtesy Guardian As part of the New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the age of social media, Paul Ash, the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Cyber and Digital  ...

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Democracy in the age of social media: Podcast of radio interview by OAR FM Dunedin

Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa, in conversation with Marvin Hubbard from OAR FM Dunedin, looking at the issues around social media, hate, peace and democracy in Aotearoa/New  ...

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New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the age of social media | Path-breaking conference in New Zealand

Conceived of and curated by ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa, the New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the age of social media conference was held at the University of Otago,  ...

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First Twitter research partnership in New Zealand on countering polarisation, hate and violence

ICT4Peace is very pleased to announce that Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation and PhD candidate at Otago University’s National Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (NCPACS) has co-launched and will lead  ...

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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  ...

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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  ...

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Tech, Fear and Accountability | Panel discussion at Point 8.0 in Sarajevo

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the organisers of Point 8.0 in Sarajevo to participate in a panel discussion anchored to Tech, Fear and Accountability,  ...

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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  ...

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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  ...

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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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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,  ...

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More support needed for smaller technology platforms to counter terrorist content

Please find the most recent report by the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) entitled “More support needed for smaller technology platforms to counter terrorist content”. It includes the  ...

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UN Security Council recognises ICT4Peace’s work with the United Nations

Two UN Security Council Resolutions of December 2017 recognised the work of the ICT4Peace Foundation in launching the Tech Against Terrorism initiative in cooperation with UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate  ...

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Social media giants address online terrorism at UN Headquarters

The Security Council has called for dialogue with major social media companies, in order to limit terrorists’ ability to recruit and operate online. To that end, last month saw the  ...

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ICT4Peace presenting on Peace and Cybersecurity in Cyberspace at Global Parliaments Meeting (IPU) in St. Petersburg

ICT4Peace presenting on Peace and Cybersecurity in Cyberspace at Global Parlaments Meeting (IPU) in St. Petersburg ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) to present on  ...

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ICT4Peace addressing Global Public Prosecutors Meeting on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 12 September 2107 by the International Association of Public Prosecutors 22nd Annual Meeting in Beijing to address senior most public prosecutors of over 170  ...

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ICT4Peace invited by Thai Foreign Ministry to chair panel on Fintech and ensuring secure and peaceful cyberspace

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Royal Thai Government to chair a panel discussion of the “ISU Lecture on Cybersecurity: ‘Disruptive Technology –  ...

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ICT4Peace and UN host launch of new Global Internet Forum with Tech Companies in San Francisco

ICT4Peace and UN CTED and their joint project Tech against Terrorism (see more on ICT4Peace’s work here) hosted on 1 August 2017  the U.S. launch of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)  ...

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ICT4Peace and UN CTED are hosting US Launch of Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) in San Francisco

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) through their TechagainstTerrorism.org Initiative  are hosting the U.S. launch of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)  in San Francisco,  ...

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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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Tech Against Terrorism launches to build bridges between technology companies and governments

(BRUSSELS) A new initiative launches this week at RightsCon to help tech startups counter the use of technology to support terrorism. Tech Against Terrorism (www.techagainstterrorism.org), a joint project between The  ...

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Violent Extremism Online: ICT4Peace continues work with UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate

On 31st January 2017, ICT4Peace was invited by the United Nations in Geneva and DCAF to discuss our continuing work with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) regarding  ...

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NEW ICT4Peace-UNCTED REPORT: PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN RESPONDING TO THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND ICT FOR TERRORIST PURPOSES: STRENGTHENING DIALOGUE & BUILDING TRUST

  On the occasion of the Special Meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee held in New York on 1-2 December 2016, ICT4Peace and the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate  ...

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UN Press Briefing with UNCTED, ICT4Peace and International Association of Prosecutors on prevention from exploiting information and communication technologies (ICT)

In the context of the Special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on Preventing the exploitation of information and communication technologies (ICT) for terrorist purposes, while respecting human rights  ...

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ICT4Peace on Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) at the 2016 Annual Conference of Swiss Ambassadors in Geneva and at ETH in Zurich

ICT4Peace is proud to have been invited on 23 August 2016 by the 2016 Annual Conference of Swiss Ambassadors and foreign representations at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to  ...

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UN and ICT4Peace engage with private sector on responding to terrorist use of ICT

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the formal launch of its joint project with the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) on tech. sector engagement in responding to terrorist use of  ...

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ICT4Peace moderating UN Session on Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media

ICT4Peace was invited by the UN New York to moderate on 16 December 2015 a technical panel discussion on Collaboration between the Public and Private Sector to promote safety and counter  ...

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