Disinformation isn’t just an electoral issue. For those not going to the polls this year - especially those in conflict or crisis - how can we ensure that social media doesn’t fuel further violence?
Loved working on this @ForeignPolicy piece with @ShannonRSingh :
2024 may be a big year for voting, but social media risks don’t fit neatly into electoral cycles, @maude_morrison0 and @ShannonRSingh argue. https://t.co/axqVAHBMcj
#CFI Dialogues Day 2: Tech & interference!
#AI was a hot topic: if it is used to create & spread disinformation, how can it be help to counter it? Glad to hear @maude_morrison0, Beth Lambert, @oanagoga & @andrea_salvi.
🙏@MaiaMazurkiewic for opening today's session.
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) is looking for a Project Manager – Social Media and Conflict Mediation.
More information here 👉 https://t.co/CmDSTc0QT3
Very grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to this volume with a piece on how peace agreements could address harmful uses of digital technology (along with @GovClayton@maude_morrison0)!
Social media platforms should take a more holistic view of risk in fragile countries and invest further in understanding how dynamics in the information environment can trigger violence, @maude_morrison0 and @ShannonRSingh argue. https://t.co/axqVAHBMcj
Disinformation risks are cumulative, and by the time an election is in sight, it may be too late to avert violence. In our op-ed in @ForeignPolicy, @maude_morrison0 & I call for social media companies to protect countries that can't afford to be placed on the back burner in 2024:
Apply by MAY 15 to present at this year's Build Peace 2022 conference, happening in-person this year in Chemnitz, Germany. Sessions can be individual talks, panels, workshops, hackathons, art installations, guided walks, & more.
See more and apply here ➡️ https://t.co/JNl4CQG59W
✨ Last week to apply for 2⃣ jobs @hdcentre is recruiting for in our social media and conflict mediation programme
Admittedly I'm biased but I think these are some of the most interesting jobs you could do at the cutting edge of tech and peace
👇details below
❓ Can conflict mediators help @facebook and @twitter avoid their platforms being abused to undermine peace talks?
@hdcentre we think so, and so we’re hiring a Social Media Platform Specialist to help us do more: https://t.co/TeGGJ2hPd5
📣📣 Job alert! Interested in social media’s role in conflict around the world?
📱 Our Social Media and Conflict Mediation programme @hdcentre is hiring a Project Officer:
https://t.co/PqKYqovSUF
🧵 on what we do:
Can harm to peace processes from the weaponization of social media be reduced through 'digital ceasefires' and 'peace agreements'? Join us Wed. Mar. 23 @ 10am EST to hear about these innovative concepts and solutions from @maude_morrison0 of @hdcentre: https://t.co/tjX1fAypEb
What are some fundamental challenges to global peace and security? Leadership, technology, structural inequality and more in this compilation curated by @BahaiChair: https://t.co/THSVsVzQEH
@maude_morrison0 and I co-authored a chapter on #digitalpeacebuilding#peacetech
Didn't think social media peace agreements were possible? 👀what we've been doing in Nigeria to address #misinformation#HateSpeech and harmful social media use.
HD has brokered a landmark social media peace agreement in central Nigeria to tackle online hate speech, images of violence and misinformation.
https://t.co/Zzi29JEAOQ
“Mediators should explore the potential of social media integration into peace agreements. Conflict parties might actually agree to exercise restraint in the online space the same way they agree to stop fighting physically via a ceasefire agreement.” #360OS
👤|@maude_morrison0
Ok #rightscon2021 peeps
Next up: social media and peace agreements
at 7:45pm BST - 8:45pm CET
I know it's late for EU/UK/MENA but it is going to be a great interactive session! bring your ideas and questions