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
What is The Commons? The Commons project was a response to the challenging political and social climate in the United States. Many people are observing and experiencing a decrease in constructive conversations, respect, and open-mindedness in their everyday interactions, in the media, and in politics. Among the different factors contributing to this are the ways that … Read more
This paper was written by Helena Puig Larrauri, Rodrigo Davies, Michaela Ledesma & Jennifer Welch and published by the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of information, communication and networking technologies. This paper explores the processes that are being set in motion in the peacebuilding space by this technological growth. … Read more
The conflict context in Nigeria is complex, with extremist violence affecting the northeastern party of the country and increasingly the Middle Belt as well. Across Nigeria, Inter-communal conflicts are fueled by access to resources and complicated by issues of ethnic or religious identity. In the Niger Delta, conflict dynamics are complicated by economic interests and … Read more
This paper was written by Helena Puig Larrauri and Anne Kahl and published in the Stability Journal. Abstract: New technologies are changing how and when we learn about events and choose to respond to them. Mobile phones and the internet have altered how we engage with the world. With technology usage expanding rapidly in the … Read more
