PeaceTech Lab works to identify, monitor, and combat hate speech on social media in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world.
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Although widely perceived to be weaker than and largely reactive to the Buddhist nationalist movements they oppose, interfaith peace movements “constitute important counter-voices” to these movements, finding creative ways to challenge their narratives and activities even within existing constraints.
Moonshot is a global social enterprise working to end online harms, applying evidence, ethics, and human rights to this endeavor.
Before the internet, protesters lacked social media's networking capabilities that allow movements to coordinate and share information in real time. But now, movements have the ability to grow so rapidly that they skip preparation stages that are often vital to movement success.
Social media has transformed the way that modern wars are fought. From the battlefields of eastern Ukraine to the bot factories of St. Petersburg, ordinary citizens with no military training are changing the course of conflicts with nothing more than a laptop or iPhone.
In conflict, the speed and spread of information is increased by social media, and makes communication for individuals and groups easier.