How can the way we govern digital platforms shape peace and conflict? Online platforms shape how we connect and how we see the world, ourselves, and others. At times, online harms can fuel tensions that spill into real-world violence. So how can peacebuilders play a more active role in shaping the regulation of these platforms … Read more
How can peacemakers effectively integrate digital communications, data technologies and AI into peacemaking policies, strategies, legal frameworks, practice and capabilities? We will be exploring this and more in an upcoming Accord publication, a collaboration between Build Up and Conciliation Resources. Want to get a preview? Join us for a 90 minute open meeting (join for … Read more
This publication was co-edited by Build Up and ICIP. Fundamentally, social media trends are about a consensus held by a specific group. In the peacebuilding field, we worry about how misinformation erodes truth, damages institutions, and leads to violence. But it’s essential to dig a little deeper into the causes for this erosion of truth. … Read more
This paper was authored by Helena Puig Larrauri, Megan Grazier, and Rita Costa Cots from Build Up. This report considers different categories of digital harm, and what we know about their impact on conflict. It looks into how people and organizations working in the peacebuilding and mediation fields might identify, track, and understand digital harms … Read more
A critical and evolving aspect of contemporary conflict mediation is the impact of social media on conflict dynamics and mediation processes. Mediators are beginning to address this impact through standalone social media agreements, pre-process codes of conduct, or the inclusion of specific social media clauses in broader ceasefire or peace agreements. While traditional media clauses … 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