This document discusses the potential and challenges of using information and communication technologies (ICTs) for peacebuilding efforts, particularly in Sri Lanka. It notes several systemic problems in Sri Lanka that limit the effectiveness of ICT4peace initiatives, including inadequate local language content and infrastructure issues. It also emphasizes that technology alone cannot guarantee better peace processes and that context is important. The document provides several examples from around the world of how ICTs have been used for activism, dispute resolution, and monitoring violence and elections. It concludes by discussing emerging technologies and how they may redefine concepts like privacy, trust and participation in the future.
Introduction to Social Media for JournalistsRabab Khan
This is a presentation I did for a recent training that was organised for women journalists in Pakistan. It focused on the importance of social media, its history and how it is being used by the news industry.
My slides for a panel on Hashtag Activism and Social Media, for the United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East (Ankara, 11-12 September 2019).
SOCIAL MEDIA - BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOUArshad Sharif
How Social media applications like google, facebook, twitter etc are compiling data
Uses of data for manipulating elections
Military uses of social media data
My presentation during the introductory session of Social Media for Journalists training in Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Nepalgunj in October/November 2012 organized by Equal Access Nepal and funded by UNDP.
Introduction to Social Media for JournalistsRabab Khan
This is a presentation I did for a recent training that was organised for women journalists in Pakistan. It focused on the importance of social media, its history and how it is being used by the news industry.
My slides for a panel on Hashtag Activism and Social Media, for the United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East (Ankara, 11-12 September 2019).
SOCIAL MEDIA - BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOUArshad Sharif
How Social media applications like google, facebook, twitter etc are compiling data
Uses of data for manipulating elections
Military uses of social media data
My presentation during the introductory session of Social Media for Journalists training in Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Nepalgunj in October/November 2012 organized by Equal Access Nepal and funded by UNDP.
Social Media Activism (SMA) is the use of web-based platforms, applications and technologies to bring about political or social change and has the power to disseminate information rapidly and globally. It has played a central role in recent worldwide movements for change.
We discuss current trends and limitations, the main players and their changing market share, and innovations in the on-line activism arena.
Traditional players like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are now being challenged by new tools and activist specific spaces.
Security concerns have led to the creation of tools such as Pidder, Crabgrass and OTR.
SMA is not always a force for good. Users must be responsible, evaluate the veracity of information and understand the potential to propagate crime.
Ultimately, SMA can only be a part of the movement for change - it still needs brave people on the streets to challenge the status quo.
Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in the Social Media Age: By Nalaka Gunawarden...Nalaka Gunawardene
I made this presentation on 14 November 2015 to students of the Certificate Course in Creative Diplomacy, conducted by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) in Colombo, Sri Lanka – a think tank on international relations.
In this, I introduce and briefly explore the new kind of real-time, public diplomacy that is being ushered in with the spreading of social media. I show how diplomats and other government officials can no longer ignore this mass medium, but at the same time their traditional ways of communications need to be reoriented to suit the realities of this new information ecosystem that is informal, irreverent and fleeting.
As I spoke on the day after the ISIS terrorist attacks in France, I used (among others) the latest examples of how Gérard Araud, France’s Ambassador to the US, tweeted live as multiple terror attacks unfolded in Paris on Nov 13 night.
To see the bigger picture, I’ve distilled some wisdom of key researchers in this area including: Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Princeton Academic and ex-Director of Policy Planning, US State Department; Philip Seib, Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California; and Ramesh Thakur, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU).
I dedicated this presentation to a diplomat and scholar whose mentoring I was privileged to receive 20 years ago: Dr Harlan Cleveland (1918 - 2008) who served as US Ambassador to NATO, 1965–1969 (Johnson Administration), and earlier as US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961–1965 (Kennedy Administration).
Overview of how media companies structures affect their online news strategies. Key elements include discussion of how newsrooms are adapting from "top down" to "we media".
An introduction to news consumption, monitoring and verification. Presentation slides from the American Press Institute's "Build a Better Journalist" conference, held at George S. Turnbull Center, University of OregonPortland
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/OREGONbootcampagendaforprinting-1.pdf
I also walked through 10 resources for breaking news and media management: https://medium.com/@damianradcliffe/10-easy-ways-journalists-can-better-verify-monitor-and-manage-social-media-790a1b1f3ba7#.t1tww4kzv
Lee Rainie will discuss the Project’s latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news. He will describe how the very definition of news is expanding in the age of “me media.” He will discuss the Project’s new research about how people use different platforms to get news about different topics: that is, they use different media channels to learn about the weather and learn about local government. He will also describe how social networks have become essential transmitters of news and evaluators of the meaning of news in people’s civic lives.
Social media, journalism & climate change in Africa: presentationAgnes Lesage-Possolo
Social media for journalists and how e-tools can help cover an issue like climate change in Africa. Part of the Africa Adaptation Programme journalism workshop, a training delivered to journalists in Lesotho.
e-Democracy Conference 2011 presentation titled 'Citizen techology and Open Government' by Jared Ford, NDI Program Manager on the ICT team | Twitter: @jdeepford
Social Media Activism (SMA) is the use of web-based platforms, applications and technologies to bring about political or social change and has the power to disseminate information rapidly and globally. It has played a central role in recent worldwide movements for change.
We discuss current trends and limitations, the main players and their changing market share, and innovations in the on-line activism arena.
Traditional players like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are now being challenged by new tools and activist specific spaces.
Security concerns have led to the creation of tools such as Pidder, Crabgrass and OTR.
SMA is not always a force for good. Users must be responsible, evaluate the veracity of information and understand the potential to propagate crime.
Ultimately, SMA can only be a part of the movement for change - it still needs brave people on the streets to challenge the status quo.
Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in the Social Media Age: By Nalaka Gunawarden...Nalaka Gunawardene
I made this presentation on 14 November 2015 to students of the Certificate Course in Creative Diplomacy, conducted by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) in Colombo, Sri Lanka – a think tank on international relations.
In this, I introduce and briefly explore the new kind of real-time, public diplomacy that is being ushered in with the spreading of social media. I show how diplomats and other government officials can no longer ignore this mass medium, but at the same time their traditional ways of communications need to be reoriented to suit the realities of this new information ecosystem that is informal, irreverent and fleeting.
As I spoke on the day after the ISIS terrorist attacks in France, I used (among others) the latest examples of how Gérard Araud, France’s Ambassador to the US, tweeted live as multiple terror attacks unfolded in Paris on Nov 13 night.
To see the bigger picture, I’ve distilled some wisdom of key researchers in this area including: Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Princeton Academic and ex-Director of Policy Planning, US State Department; Philip Seib, Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California; and Ramesh Thakur, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU).
I dedicated this presentation to a diplomat and scholar whose mentoring I was privileged to receive 20 years ago: Dr Harlan Cleveland (1918 - 2008) who served as US Ambassador to NATO, 1965–1969 (Johnson Administration), and earlier as US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961–1965 (Kennedy Administration).
Overview of how media companies structures affect their online news strategies. Key elements include discussion of how newsrooms are adapting from "top down" to "we media".
An introduction to news consumption, monitoring and verification. Presentation slides from the American Press Institute's "Build a Better Journalist" conference, held at George S. Turnbull Center, University of OregonPortland
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/OREGONbootcampagendaforprinting-1.pdf
I also walked through 10 resources for breaking news and media management: https://medium.com/@damianradcliffe/10-easy-ways-journalists-can-better-verify-monitor-and-manage-social-media-790a1b1f3ba7#.t1tww4kzv
Lee Rainie will discuss the Project’s latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news. He will describe how the very definition of news is expanding in the age of “me media.” He will discuss the Project’s new research about how people use different platforms to get news about different topics: that is, they use different media channels to learn about the weather and learn about local government. He will also describe how social networks have become essential transmitters of news and evaluators of the meaning of news in people’s civic lives.
Social media, journalism & climate change in Africa: presentationAgnes Lesage-Possolo
Social media for journalists and how e-tools can help cover an issue like climate change in Africa. Part of the Africa Adaptation Programme journalism workshop, a training delivered to journalists in Lesotho.
e-Democracy Conference 2011 presentation titled 'Citizen techology and Open Government' by Jared Ford, NDI Program Manager on the ICT team | Twitter: @jdeepford
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During 2016 advertising, media and marketing experts have increasingly pointed at a possible review of their media spend. It seems that all of these indicators of an attitude change come together and that 2017 might well become the year when advertisers and their agencies will review their choice of channels.
Made the following introductory presentation on social media in Sri Lanka today, focussing on civic media, to new recruits of the National Information Centre. The training was held at Visumpaya in Colombo, and conducted in Sinhala and English.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
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The World Speaks Web RTC-Mobile Social Innovation Manifesto Ted Ritzer July 1...Ted Ritzer
The World Speaks WebRTC-Mobile Social Innovation Manifesto for a Better World
Theme song for the spirit of this presentation at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuldtvFnhv4
Navigating the Social Media Landscape In ChinaGravity Media
China's relatively strong economy and its growing middle class means more Chinese citizens have money to travel and spend, according to tourism experts. The middle class in China numbered 247 million people in 2011, or 18% of the population, and is projected to grow to more than 600 million by 2020.
To bring it home to the United States, Chinese tourists spend an average of $2,932 per visit to California, compared with $1,883 for other overseas visitors, according to the latest statistics by the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries. A big chunk of their spending — about 33% — goes for gifts and souvenirs.
So, reaching this audience before they get to the United States can be a big priority for many brands and marketers. Given the internet firewalls, it can be near impossible to reach Chinese people in China. Facebook and Twitter are pretty much nonexistent; however there are in-country options to consider. We break it down for you.
V2 the world speaks web rtc-mobile social innovation manifesto by ted ritzer ...Ted Ritzer
The second draft of The World Speaks WebRTC-Mobile Social Innovation Manifesto that has added a Lego Software approach that combines Open Peer open source technology with Privacy by Design Principles that empower the individual with the power of WebRTC while protecting their individual's privacy.
The State of Social Media (and How to Use It and Not Lose Your Job)Andrew Krzmarzick
Keynote address for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Luncheon for Legislative Information and Communications Staff and National Association of Legislative Information Technology professionals on October 10, 2012.
Notes de cours distribuées le 6 octobre dans le cadre de la Formation Digitale de la BMMA. 4e session donnée par JOHANNES SCHNACK : "Congratulations, you're on FB! What now?"
Presentation delivered to cohort of volunteers from STITCH Movement, on 3rd May 2014 in Chilaw, Sri Lanka. The presentation looked at ways through which web, Internet and mobile based apps, services, platforms and tools can widen and deepen institutional and individual activism around social justice issues.
The presentation was delivered in Sinhala.
Presentation on Reimagining Extremism: Context, culture, community and countrySanjana Hattotuwa
ICT4Peace Foundation’s Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa was invited by New Zealand’s Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to speak at He Whenua Taurikura, New Zealand’s first annual hui (meaning a large gathering in Maori) on countering terrorism and violent extremism. The hui was held from 14-16 June 2021 in Christchurch. He Whenua Taurikura translates to ‘a country at peace’. This presentation was delivered as part of the fourth panel at the hui, on day two.
Sanjana followed presentations by Jordan Carter from InternetNZ, Kate Hannah from Te Pūnaha Matatini and University of Auckland, Dr Nawab Osman from Facebook, Nick Pickles from Twitter, and Anjum Rahman from Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono and Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand. The panel was chaired by Paul Ash, head of the Christchurch Call.
Roles of media in peacebuilding & conflict generationSanjana Hattotuwa
Was invited by Associate Professor SungYong Lee at NCPACS to deliver a guest lecture to his 2021 MA class on media's role in peacebuilding violent conflict generation.
Are we collectively ruining democracy? Polarisation of thought and belief seems to be on the increase particularly in the online environment. Where people who think similarly move (or are pushed) towards more fixed or extreme views, it makes it harder for people to express opinions or suggest new ideas. How can we challenge it? This is an opportunity to talk about how groupthink is affecting our lives, and to discuss positive alternatives.
Peace processes after the pandemic: What role for technology?Sanjana Hattotuwa
Increasingly discussed today in the Global North, Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have featured in mediation processes in the Global South for close upon two decades. This bears mention in what are often discussions that appear to present or posit the use of ICTs in mediation as recent or somehow pegged to the advent and, today, ubiquity of social media. The challenges today are both similar and different to those that existed at the turn of the century. Transparency, agency and voice, central pillars of democracy, find expression, at ever increasing scale, scope, and speed, on social media. Conversely, new forms of spoiler dynamics, linked to in large part the manipulation of public discourse, also use social media as key vectors to incite violence, inflame hate and spread incendiary falsehoods. The dilemma facing mediation today is one of having to deal with vectors of information production that lie entirely beyond the remit of the Chatham House rule, rules of confidential engagement, and the sandboxing needed to incubate fragile processes and relationships. Mediators are bombarded with information they must make sense of, and this sense-making process is itself often under-valued in modern day mediation. The confusion leads to (understandable, yet misplaced) anxiety, which often finds expression in suspicion and scepticism around the role, reach and relevance of ICTs in mediation processes.
Additionally, the post-Coronavirus landscape brings with it added challenges. If physical meetings are no longer viable for the foreseeable future, a key question is how the rich, sensory experience, relational depth, non-verbal cues, physical contact and the security of verbal communication in a closed-door environment can be replicated, and to what degree, through virtually mediated environments. Aside from the obvious cyber-security concerns are also psycho-social, cognitive, socio-cultural, gendered challenges in mediation processes that will be predominantly anchored to online technologies, including social media apps, products, and platforms. Questions asked by Hattotuwa in 2018 are even more relevant in the long-shadow of Covid-19, in addition to others borne out of global and local circumstances that a few months ago seemed unimaginable. How can social media and ICTs help? What is important to focus on, and what are some dangers of today’s conflict landscape beyond the headlines? What questions should mediators ask in order to avoid the more uncommon pitfalls of incorporating ICTs in negotiations processes? Fundamentally, how will conflict transformation, anchored to mediation, change in a post-Coronavirus world where travel and meetings will be severely restricted, or no longer possible to do discreetly? More fundamentally, how can and should expectations from, models of and approaches to mediation change, post-pandemic, in a world increasingly mediated (no pun intended) through social media?
Beyond the global reset: Towards pandemic panopticons or something radically ...Sanjana Hattotuwa
On the invitation of Christina Goodness, Chief Information Management Officer at the Departments of Peacebuilding, Political and Peace Operations DPPA-DPO, United Nations, the ICT4Peace Foundation's Sanjana Hattotuwa gave a presentation titled 'Beyond the global reset: Towards pandemic panopticons or something radically new?' as part of the '(un)data Seminar Series on Outrageous Questions'.
Details and overview at https://ict4peace.org/activities/post-coronavirus-towards-pandemic-panopticons-or-something-radically-new/
«From the burning of the Notre Dame in Paris to heinous terrorism in Sri Lanka and Christchurch, social media inextricably is entwined with how billions see or engage with the world.»
More details at https://ict4peace.org/activities/full-video-slidedeck-of-lecture-from-christchurch-to-sri-lanka-the-curious-case-of-social-media/
Presentation delivered at the Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze gGmbH (Centre for International Peace Operations) based in Berlin, Germany, as part of an event to celebrate 15 years since its inception on 28 June 2017.
Human Rights & ICTs. A presentation delivered on 1 April 2017 to Amnesty International's 2017 Chairs Assembly and Director's Forum (CADF), held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
I was recently asked to put together a presentation on the fake news phenomenon for discussions with leading journalists and media institutions in a developing country, with extremely poor media literacy but strong growth around social media use, on how to both identify misleading content and also stem its flow, reach and influence.
Download the full presentation as a PowerPoint (with embedded videos) or as an Apple Keynote file, here - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxbk4wYolphwcVk4bV85aEFtYXc
Gave a short presentation at the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) on 26th October on drone journalism, as part of the excellent OneSriLanka Journalism Fellowship programme, supported by Internews.
Digital transformation and the role of civil society in Sri LankaSanjana Hattotuwa
The Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Regional office South Asia organized a regional seminar on "Promoting Liberty Digitally" in Sri Lanka from 15th to 17th October 2016. I was asked to speak on "Digital transformation and the role of Civil Society in Sri Lanka" and to be present at a group discussion on "Civil rights and the Internet".
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
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Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
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Knowledge engineering: from people to machines and back
ICT4Peace - Beyond the Hype
1. ict4peace: beyond the hype
Sanjana Hattotuwa
Editor, Groundviews (www.groundviews.org)
Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Colombo, Sri Lanka
4. systemic problems
• Inadequate vernacular content and rendering capabilities
• Uneven broadband connectivity / infrastructure
• Lack of skilled human resources
• Post-war violence and repression still high
• Legacy of 30 years of war: Communal distrust, no reconciliation, no political
settlement, continued militarisation, national security mindset, repressive
government, on-going censorship, poor rule of law, un-constitutional
governance
5. conflict transformation
• A process of engaging with and transforming relationships, interests,
discourses and, if necessary, the very constitution of society that supports the
continuation of violent conflict
• CT argues against giving primacy to settlements
• Conflict is never resolved, but transformed to the non-violent negotiation of
differences
6. my mantras
• ICT in peacebuilding needs to be self-effacing.
• ICT must build social capital, and invest in societal frameworks that empower
local communities to grapple with conflict in non-violent ways.
• Technology itself should not be the cynosure, but what is achieved through it.
7. real world challenges for ict4peace
• Is technology a guarantee of a better process?
• Is technology neutral?
• How does one determine trust online?
• How do you create inter-cultural dispute resolution systems?
• What are the problems of access and publishing content (the Great Wall of
China, the Middle East)?
• How can technology help peace processes?
9. facebook in egypt
• In most countries in the Arab world, Facebook is now one of the 10 most-
visited Web sites, and in Egypt it ranks third, after Google and Yahoo.
• About one in nine Egyptians has Internet access, and around 9 percent of
that group are on Facebook — a total of almost 800,000 members.
• April 6 Youth Movement, a group of 70,000 mostly young and educated
Egyptians, most of whom had never been involved with politics before joining
the group.
19. mobile ring tones for activism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/whatwedo/where/asia/india/2008/04/080806_india_gates_condomcondom_video.shtml
20. bearing witness to violence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/08/090827_world_stories_new_media_kashmir.shtml
21. bearing witness to violence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ&feature=player_embedded
43. facebook and social networking
• More than 400 million active users
• More than 60 million status updates posted each day
• More than 3 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
• More than 5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo
albums, etc.) shared each week
• More than 3.5 million events created each month
• More than 3 million active Pages on Facebook
• More than 1.5 million local businesses have active Pages on Facebook
• Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans
52. redefining trust models
• Privacy concerns over Facebook, Google Buzz in 2010.
• New technologies will redefine privacy, disclosure, confidentiality, “common
sense” and trust models.
• A combination of virtual and real-world ODR and peacebuilding processes
will redefine models of participation and representation.