Allan Cheboi 
Peace-builder and Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri co-founded Build Up to transform conflict in the digital age–in places from the U.S. to Iraq. With the exponential growth of viral polarizing content on social media, a key systemic question emerged for her: What if we made platforms pay for the harms they produce? What if we … Read more
This report is part of a broader initiative to analyze online discourse and specifically monitor harmful content e.g., hate speech in Kenya on various topics in order to help mitigate the threat of polarizing content in fueling offline and online violence. Insights gathered from the monitoring efforts are shared with civil society actors to inform … Read more
Introducing Digital Media Arts for an inclusive Public Sphere (DMAPS) Digital Media Arts for an inclusive Public Sphere (DMAPS) is a program that supports young leaders from creative and media arts organisations across eight countries (Libya, Palestine, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Tunisia and Syria) to conduct social media mapping in order … Read more
Over the last 15 years, the Kenyan government has responded to hate speech and misinformation on social media through new legislation and direct work by governmental institutions established through that legislation. Most legislation, especially legislation pre-dating 2013, does not explicitly address or name social media; that said, any legislation that addresses harmful speech, whether hate … Read more
Written by Helena Puig Larrauri and Maude Morrison in the book Fundamental Challenges to Global Peace and Security. This chapter explores digital drivers of conflict. We examine how technologies are affecting conflict dynamics and what peacebuilders can do to mitigate these effects. We argue that because digital technologies are fundamentally altering the human experience, they … Read more
This report is part of a broader initiative to analyze online discourse and specifically monitor hate speech in Kenya in the lead up to the general elections in order to help mitigate the threat of hateful language in fueling violence on-the-ground. Hate speech in this context is defined using section 13 of the National Cohesion … Read more
This report is part of a broader initiative to analyze online discourse and specifically monitor hate speech in Kenya in the lead up to the general elections in order to help mitigate the threat of hateful language in fueling violence on-the-ground. Hate speech in this context is defined using section 13 of the National Cohesion … Read more
This report is part of a broader initiative to analyze online discourse and specifically monitor hate speech in Kenya in the lead up to the general elections in order to help mitigate the threat of hateful language in fueling violence on-the-ground. Hate speech in this context is defined using section 13 of the National Cohesion … Read more
From July 15 to September 15, 2022, Search and Build Up partnered to conduct social media listening of key Facebook and TikTok accounts and keywords, focusing on Mombasa, Kwale, Lamu, Tana River, Kilifi and Garissa Counties in Kenya. The objective of the social media listening exercise focusing on election related hate speech in Kenya was … Read more
In 2021, Build Up appointed Ta Corrales from Smith Assembly to conduct an external evaluation for its Peace Innovators Program. This report summarises the process and outcomes of this evaluation, carried out between August 2021 and February 2022. About the Peace Innovators Program Build Up works with people across the globe to design and implement … Read more