Browse and read from a list of the 240 most popular LinkedIn resources dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering hate speech, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. As posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of November 2024…
The Top 5 resources, as part of the current issue:
- Unemployment and Violent Extremism (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper):
https://lnkd.in/eXESmNGh - Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse on the lifecycle of online violence from childhood to adulthood (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/eqe8rMNp - Thirty years of research into hate speech: topics of interest and their evolution (Nature):
https://lnkd.in/ePc43XUC - Combating disinformation ahead of Ghana’s December elections (Global Voices):
https://lnkd.in/eUJZs2JR - Research and Strategies to Prevent Radicalisation and Violent Extremism (CORDIS, European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/ehsj_D8e (News)
https://lnkd.in/eiQivtdC (Brochure)
Background:
Since 2017, we have filed more than 17,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 7,300 followers and connections – with links to articles and documents about preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), against radicalization, on countering hate, and on how to desist from fallacious information. This is one of the reviews of the posts. Each two weeks, the full list of resources, made up of URLs ordered according to content performance, features on the three websites listed above.
Ensemble based high performance deep learning models for fake news detection (scientific reports, nature):
https://lnkd.in/eUR4VueR
Why AI Language Models Are Still Vulnerable: Key Insights from Kili Technology’s Report on Large Language Model Vulnerabilities (Marktechpost):
https://lnkd.in/eR6g34dP
Free Reference Work…
Cutting Edge A.I. Books from Taylor and Francis (Routledge):
https://lnkd.in/eMwak2xM
Free eBook…
Rethinking Political Violence (Palgrave Macmillan):
https://lnkd.in/efuTSaUR
Synthesizing Research on Radicalization: Insights from a Text-Mining Systematic Review (Ideas, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/evpn6dyY
The Psychology of Misinformation and Fake News (By Arcadia):
https://lnkd.in/egZ_PisW
Social media influencers, the far right and their potential impact on youth (radicalisation) (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/ewNfR_jS
Susceptibility to online misinformation: A systematic meta-analysis of demographic and psychological factors (PNAS):
https://lnkd.in/emc8GkzF
Prevent duty, safeguarding and agency. The impact of the statutory Prevent duty on enacting professional groups (Nottingham Trent University):
https://lnkd.in/eUGG264C
New study reveals social motives behind political echo-chambers on social media (University of Oxford):
https://lnkd.in/ebDKPAXt
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and leading universities in Qatar launch the Doha Youth Parliamentary Forum (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eRuSXdey
Kadjebi NCCE engages youth from border towns on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eZ-mVzp6
Action Plan on Combatting Disinformation and Misinformation through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/e-KHB7cE
AI literacy is vital to combat disinformation and preserve trust in democracy, experts say (The Stanford Daily):
https://lnkd.in/e4iZcthM
Semantic mapping of disinformation: identifying fake news topics (Poznan University of Economics and Business):
https://lnkd.in/eKSibT5f (News)
https://lnkd.in/e7eV6RxF (Study)
Extremismusprävention, Demokratieförderung und politische Bildung durch Evaluation stärken: PrEval Monitor übergeben (PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/eUSg9Hfg (Meldung auf IDW)
https://lnkd.in/e8sGVp6f (Report von der PRIF-Seite)
Decoding disinformation: Lessons from case studies (Diplo, Malta and Switzerland):
https://lnkd.in/eQBMBf73
OSCE helps tackle violent extremism online through increased gender awareness in North Macedonia (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/eyji74cj
NCCE urges journalists to uphold ethics in reporting on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/exxahVCz
A systematic integrative review of counter-messaging communication campaigns targeting terrorism or violent extremism (Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression):
https://lnkd.in/eqd2txVW
Beyond binary: Analyzing closed-source data to compare specific roles and behaviors within violent and nonviolent terrorist involvement (Journal of Forensic Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/e6-hM6w5
AI deepfakes threaten public trust, warns Media Medic (SecurityBrief, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eEc7_E54
Multi3Hate: Multimodal, Multilingual, and Multicultural Hate Speech Detection with Vision-Language Models (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eZsiwqED
Free eBook…
Legal challenges and market dynamics in the video games sector (European Audiovisual Observatory):
https://lnkd.in/eUNUq9Tb
Video…
The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/ex8gpQ8e
Misinformation deepens the impact of conflict and floods in Sudan (International Water Management Institute):
https://lnkd.in/e-yjF7rs
Racial and Demographic Disparities in Susceptibility to Health Misinformation on Social Media: National Survey-Based Analysis (Journal of Medical Internet Research):
https://lnkd.in/esRYH8QB
Hate Speech Detection on Social media (Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research):
https://lnkd.in/eEynsnKP
Examining Human-AI Collaboration for Co-Writing Constructive Comments Online (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/erA5XMx5
Hate and Hate Speech: What Challenges are There for Games Companies? (Gamesmarkt):
https://lnkd.in/eGe_XGpv
Participation in the International Anti-Terrorism Conference in Kuwait (Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Japan):
https://lnkd.in/e4QSievH
PBBM highlights media’s role in fighting disinformation, misinformation (Office of the President of the Philippines):
https://lnkd.in/dVs9HQ-b
Disinformation and fake news during emergencies: how to mitigate their impact (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/eeCpCgVC
Audio…
Tackling Terrorist Content Online: Meet the TCO Cluster (Serena Bianchi & Pierre Sivignon) (Tech Terror Takedown Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/e2ffPCFF
Eyes Don’t Lie: Subjective Hate Annotation and Detection with Gaze (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/dqgcMA9T
Educational Tool…
EDUbox: Fake News (DisinfoCheck, EDMO Belux):
https://lnkd.in/eYkfw-QH
Reports on Multimodal, Multilingual, and Multicultural Hate Speech Detection… (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eXsWVKJB
Video…
Disinformation, Technology-Facilitated Gender-based Violence, and Hate Speech in Elections (Knight Center):
https://lnkd.in/ejM3gnjX
Hate Speech: FactCheck Africa Develops Curriculum to Foster Critical Thinking, Combat Misinformation in Nigeria (This Day):
https://lnkd.in/e3RvmbQF
5 Components of Media Literacy to Empower your Digital Life (Indian Media Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eu-nU6h2
Video…
Addressing hate speech, empowering youth, and protecting minorities (OTHERSTV Side Event to OSCE Human Dimension Conference):
https://lnkd.in/eS7EnVww
New research improves how ‘false news’ is detected and mitigated (Charles Sturt University):
https://lnkd.in/eHTfmXhB
Playing Gali Fakta inoculates Indonesian participants against false information (Misinformation Review, Harvard Kennedy School):
https://lnkd.in/eBgPUMtE
Detection Of Political Hate Speech For Social Media Monitoring (IRJET):
https://lnkd.in/eX9vdku3
‘Factchecking curriculum will address misinformation, hate speech’ (Punch, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/e_FpEnWB
UNICRI’s third capacity-building workshop in Nouakchott, Mauritania: Integrating gender perspectives in media reporting on preventing violent extremism (PVE) (unicri):
https://lnkd.in/e5NZK7Gf
Dangerous Speech in Indonesian Twitter Posts: A Literature Review (IEEE Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/g6Wxd-gf
UNDP Pacific and the EU Launch Study to Combat Online Misinformation and Hate Speech (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eY-J5iXx
NCCE engages youth at Nanton to counter violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eMwvy_Ve
Tech Against Terrorism Launches Violent Extremist Monitoring Task Force for U.S. Election Day Amid Heightened Threat of Civil Disorder (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eagKKrfV
Combating Fake News in the Digital Age: A Review of AI-Based Approaches (IEEE Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/ev-4vGRq
Video…
Online Hate Speech Trilogy – International Seminar (Editorial Universidad Icesi):
https://lnkd.in/edJVp7CV
Free Online Course…
Digital Content Creators and Journalists: How to be a Trusted Voice Online (Knight Center):
https://lnkd.in/eiA8CqTe
New Approaches to Researching AI Crime: Institutionalization of Digital Criminology (Journal of Digital Technologies and Law):
https://lnkd.in/eACkK3nf
AI, politics and the battle against misinformation (Financial Times):
https://lnkd.in/eybhB2JP
Understanding causes of echo chambers: Political news selective exposure across countries (Waseda University via Phys.org):
https://lnkd.in/eFvrugYB
FRISCO Final Conference Report & Conclusions: “Fighting Terrorist Content Online: Progress, Challenges & Perspectives” (FRISCO):
https://lnkd.in/e3WpBnre
Partnership, collective efforts needed to eradicate violent extremism -GOC (News Agency of Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eMPVxagD
Online Hate Speech on Social Media Platforms (International Journal of Mobile Computing Technology):
https://lnkd.in/eTJkZPjc
Multimodal Fake News Detection with Contrastive Learning and Optimal Transport (Frontiers in Computer Science):
https://lnkd.in/eNeXeywd
Persuasion with Large Language Models: a Survey (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eg8nBYfX
Socio-economic resilience is critical to advancing sustainable peace and security in East Africa (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eE7f9FfJ
NCCE holds youth engagement on Peace and Countering Violent Extremism in Builsa South (Modern Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/eJ5PvR8s
Text Length and the Function of Intentionality: A Case Study of Contrastive Subreddits (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eTtUdb5D
Video…
Michele Grossman: “When resilience goes bad: Implications for resilience to, and of, extremism” (Extreme Beliefs):
https://lnkd.in/ejeMCQM7
NCCE holds media advocacy workshop on combating terrorism, violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/e4-5tjsK
Misinformation, observational equivalence and the possibility of rationality (Philosophical Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eBaD8q_n
How to fact-check scientific statements by UNEP specialists (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eueJ_qXJ
Ondo Guber: Media experts urge Journalists to avoid misinformation (The Sun, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/d2wnnNJp
Generative AI poses unprecedented risks and opportunities in cybersecurity, report states (Kazinform):
https://lnkd.in/eF-ZvdyR
Impact of Fake News on Social Media Towards Public Users of Different Age Groups (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/egkSQyvY
Labor stands up new terrorist and extremist content monitoring capability (cyberdaily, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eftaeVuP
Highlight 41/2024: Women-led Initiatives in Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Nigeria (MEIG, Switzerland):
https://lnkd.in/deUD9-6r
Are you falling for fake news? Age and analytical thinking might save you (News Medical Life Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/eTTHJ8dr
LLM generated responses to mitigate the impact of hate speech (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/euYhufRi
Enhancing Hate Speech Detection in Social Media Using IndoBERT Model: A Study of Sentiment Analysis during the 2024 Indonesia Presidential Election (IEEE Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/eZxgeYVk
Prediction On Online Toxic Comments Using Random Forest Regressor (JETIR):
https://lnkd.in/e6f_b4et
PS Omollo calls for regional efforts to counter violent extremism in East Africa (Capital News, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eR7ZDGVw
Pact for the Future: How to Turn Pledges on Addressing Root Causes of Violence Into Action (New York University Center on International Cooperation):
https://lnkd.in/eBmwAN7S
MisinfoEval: Generative AI in the Era of “Alternative Facts” (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/ePHRHv5u
Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/e3Ck856A
LLMs for Generating and Evaluating Counterfactuals: A Comprehensive Study (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eEa8khC9
Researchers Urge for Safeguards Against Future AI Election Threats (Digit News):
https://lnkd.in/eYT6jvrj
Audio…
Disinformation and How it Works: Lessons Learned From the US and UK (Institute of Geoeconomics, Asia Pacific Initiative):
https://lnkd.in/ewcBsiS7
The Online Safety Act: tackling online abuse in sport (Farrer & Co):
https://lnkd.in/eaEr8Yn7
Linguistic models of abusive language (Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict):
https://lnkd.in/etTq_2JV
AI, politics and the battle against misinformation (Financial Times):
https://lnkd.in/eJRs2teA
Violent extremism is complex, requires adaptable solutions – UNDP (News Agency of Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/en8dBP3N
Perceiving and Countering Hate: The Role of Identity in Online Responses (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eS53YTVe
Extreme Weather, Extreme Content: How Big Tech Enables Climate Disinformation in a World on the Brink (Climate Action against Disinformation):
https://lnkd.in/e-qw2vNV (News)
https://lnkd.in/eYNCvSuf (Report)
Meta’s Oversight Board seeks public comments on hate speech moderation (ArabNews):
https://lnkd.in/equFZyZJ
Combatting fake news in Brazil using AI (SOSA):
https://lnkd.in/ejzgNwgg
Integrating Argumentation and Hate-Speech-based Techniques for Countering Misinformation (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eXkPHP8w
The social roots of radicalisation: What Europe’s largest extremism study reveals (Leiden University):
https://lnkd.in/eD-XBaaT
Video…
How digital platforms are fueling extremism (Council on Foreign Relations):
https://lnkd.in/eBQp8QGM
FASSILA: A Corpus for Algerian Dialect Fake News Detection and Sentiment Analysis
https://lnkd.in/ePvNvmce
Separating fact from fiction: Uncovering conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media (Universität Bremen):
https://lnkd.in/eqYjkNSN
Assessing the impact of a video literacy program on emotional intelligence and resilience to extremism in primary school children (humanities and social sciences communications):
https://lnkd.in/e62XwEU3
Addressing misinformation about mental health with patients (American Psychological Association):
https://lnkd.in/erwRrmmJ
Kadjebi NCCE engages political party youth activists on peace, tolerance (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eN72Eiym
The Importance of Disinformation Security in the Era of Misinformation Warfare (E-Spin):
https://lnkd.in/eF745Y4z
NCCE Sissala East organise youth engagement on preventing and combating violent extremism in Tumu (GhanaWeb):
https://lnkd.in/eWEAmbWT
Deepfakes: The New Frontier in Political Disinformation (Security Destillery):
https://lnkd.in/egrSaKuj
Video (reshare)…
Episode 7 – Conducting Evidence-Based Evaluation in the P/CVE and De-Radicalisation Fields (INDEED project):
https://lnkd.in/efvb_BF3
HateGPT: Unleashing GPT-3.5 Turbo to Combat Hate Speech on X (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e_22mBKF
Youth and Adolescent Online Radicalisation: Critical Cases From Singapore (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/ezjQENsJ
Five videos…
International Conference on ‘Digital Complexity and Disinformation in the Indo-Pacific’ (European Center for Populism Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eC-KN3nj
eSafety statement on social media age to be set at 16 (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/efjAZRWg
Influence of Viral Contents on the Rapid Spread of Information on the Social Media Platforms in Nigeria (European-American Journals):
https://lnkd.in/eum6TRXZ
Assessing the Challenges Journalists Face in Spotting Fake News in Tanzania: A Case Study of TBC1 and Clouds Television (IJARIIT):
https://lnkd.in/etimztn7
CCS Outreach and Communications in the Age of Knowledge Proliferation, Artificial Intelligence, and ‘Fake News’ (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/enH45B_m
Video…
AI and Disinformation: A legal perspective (EU DisinfoLab):
https://lnkd.in/eAm_PtfA
Australia should lead efforts to address online gender-based violence (ASPI):
https://lnkd.in/emYY4AFS
Mitigating Biases to Embrace Diversity: A Comprehensive Annotation Benchmark for Toxic Language (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/edYC45MF
Daily online hate damages players’ mental health: Gosens (rediff.com):
https://lnkd.in/eEVmri-g
How Digital Advertising Fuels Fake News (Journal of Marketing Management):
https://lnkd.in/ekdzYbCw
Media literacy: arming Nigerian youths to fight misinformation (International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eTKW9rm5
Videos, Day 3
AVERT 2024 symposium (AVERT Research Network)…
Day 3 Session A Virtual Spaces and and Violent Extremism AVERT 2024 Symposium:
https://lnkd.in/eC6ue_vM
Day 3 Session An International Perspectives on Radicalisation Gender, Trauma and Youth:
https://lnkd.in/euXNabXK
Day 3 Session A Support for Democracy, Violence, and Violent Extremism Understanding Trajectories:
https://lnkd.in/ejF3YK_4
Day 3 Session B Contextual Influences on Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Pathways:
https://lnkd.in/eNx5gGBV
Day 3 Session B Differently Abled Actors and Violent Extremism Emerging Challenges:
https://lnkd.in/epDxSbC6
What to Know About AI Misinformation: A Primer for Teachers (Downloadable) (EducationWeek):
https://lnkd.in/eGJFmuEV
Audio…
Is political centrism is the answer to extremism and polarisation? (ABC Radio International, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/e5sQrK9c
Video…
Skills for a safe and secure use of digital technologies and online information (ITU):
https://lnkd.in/eVrw_BnK
Free eBook…
Third Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact. Proceedings of the Workshop (Association for Computational Linguistics):
https://lnkd.in/eUJPWDqb
Navigating the Digital Landscape: Challenges and Barriers to Effective Information Use on the Internet (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/eaM_EjYV
The UMMAH Project: A Comprehensive P/CVE Framework for Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/e9cBZMdB
MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition ahead of December elections (Modern Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/evKpESii
Kenya’s journey in combating terror, violent extremism (Nation, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eTkKshYh
Conference Promoting Safety, Integrity, Equality and Inclusion in Sport 4-5 November 2024 Athens, Greece – Background Information (Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly & Hellenic Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eFJrTtX6
Medical Board Discipline of Physicians for Spreading Medical Misinformation (JAMA Network):
https://lnkd.in/eJ3FBz8H
Hateful Word in Context Classification (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eNhEr7vp
Interview…
Fact-Checking in Albania: Confronting Disinformation and Intimidation (Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa):
https://lnkd.in/e-5qMTSS
Climate Mis- and Disinformation Are Shaping Discourse & Opposition To Renewables (CleanTechnica):
https://lnkd.in/eESxVKQt
Hate Crime Prosecution at the Intersection of Hate Crime and Criminalized ‘Hate Speech’: a Practical Guide (OSCE via Public.):
https://lnkd.in/efSmb39a
Hate Speech Prediction in Online Social Media Using Domain Specific Word Embedding: A Review (JETIR):
https://lnkd.in/dHG7ubcW
Personal Network Composition and Cognitive Reflection Predict Susceptibility to Different Types of Misinformation (sciendo):
https://lnkd.in/eVcwWPPY
F2RL: Factuality and Faithfulness Reinforcement Learning Framework for Claim-Guided Evidence-Supported Counterspeech Generation (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/e9dbZg2N
Canberra disinformation education sees classroom success among calls for media literacy in national school curriculum (ABC News, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eSDYnb-r
Unmasking Misinformation: Leveraging CNN, BERT, and GPT Models for Robust Fake News Classification (Preprints.org):
https://lnkd.in/eMgtyXDf
Annotating social data with speaker/user engagement. Illustration on online hate characterization in French (Hal Science):
https://lnkd.in/eJZf-yqC
Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with new moderation API, tackling harmful content in 11 languages (Venture Beat):
https://lnkd.in/ef_mhwyJ
NCCE engages youth groups on violent extremism in Atebubu (Modern Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/eGMmGysR
NCCE engages youth groups at Kumbungu on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eHNiF_KT
The Ethics of Real-time Misinformation Surveillance (CyberPeace):
https://lnkd.in/e6mBiCus
How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector? (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/eRvi_e2x
Misinformation really does spread like a virus (Trinity College Dublin):
https://lnkd.in/eYFuaK6E
Big Tech enables climate disinformation, report finds (Tech Informed):
https://lnkd.in/eZnMNGxh
Less is More: Unseen Domain Fake News Detection via Causal Propagation Substructures (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e69rymzQ
„Nur für Akhwat?“ – Eine genderspezifische Analyse islamistischer Netzwerke, Akteur*innen und Strukturen auf Instagram (Interventionen):
https://lnkd.in/d26da6bb
Group unveils AI-based curriculum to tackle fake news, hate speech (Punch, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/egr4X9bf
Audio…
Assessing Systemic Risk Under the Digital Services Act (The Sunday Show, Tech Policy Press):
https://lnkd.in/ewdn_ujW
Social media platforms’ responses to COVID-19-related mis- and disinformation: the insufficiency of self-governance (Ideas, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/e3whnJQt
Fake Social Media Accounts with AI-Generated Images Linked to Spread of Propaganda and Conspiracies, New Research Shows (The Debrief):
https://lnkd.in/eJd79ktJ (News)
https://lnkd.in/eeG7f_Ex (Study)
Evaluating the Propensity of Generative AI for Producing Disinformation During an Election Cycle (Papers with Code):
https://lnkd.in/e3ah8Qff
Playing Gali Fakta inoculates Indonesian participants against false information (Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review):
https://lnkd.in/eBgPUMtE
Patterns of partisan toxicity and engagement reveal the common structure of online political communication across countries (nature communications):
https://lnkd.in/dVzm5jUT
Video…
How AI is Revolutionizing Hate Speech Moderation | EMNLP 2024 (LCS2):
https://lnkd.in/eJwN8zUP
Extreme Weather, Extreme Content: How Big Tech Enables Climate Disinformation in a World on the Brink (CAAD):
https://lnkd.in/e-qw2vNV
Ofcom Warns Platforms on GenAI Safety Standards (Digit News):
https://lnkd.in/epEw587G
The Polarization Loop: How Emotions Drive Propagation of Disinformation in Online Media—The Case of Conspiracy Theories and Extreme Right Movements in Southern Europe (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/eDEeAmH7
PS Omollo calls for regional efforts to counter violent extremism in East Africa (Capital News, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eR7ZDGVw
Online disinformation exacerbates Spain flood disaster (ENCA):
https://lnkd.in/eUWSa9jm
Kuwait calls for systematic plan to nip terrorism in bud (Kuwait Times):
https://lnkd.in/e-V43Yrm
Countering disinformation in Australia and the Pacific (Griffith University):
https://lnkd.in/eQQprfFN
Video…
Inquiry into the Communications Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal):
https://lnkd.in/e2qw3btG
Australia proposes ‘world-leading’ ban on social media for children under 16 (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/eJup6P_E
AI and Ethics: Moral Considerations of Automated Rumor Detection Technology (Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies via Ewadirect):
https://lnkd.in/enKEdva2
Study in Dutch…
Moderating misinformation remains a tricky business (Leiden University):
https://lnkd.in/eEWAMMR3
What is the social benefit of hate speech detection research? A Systematic Review (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/et9UyQFH
Urban and Disinformation: The Crucial Role of Urban Scale in Addressing Disinformation (Enrichment Journal):
https://lnkd.in/e84Gk856
FM: Egypt willing to support Nigeria in combating terrorism, extremism (State Information Service, Egypt):
https://lnkd.in/eU79CtYd
Social media plays a huge part of our lives, but it’s important to be aware of its potential downsides. Let’s talk about how it can affect us and our mental health (Meic):
https://lnkd.in/eePXgSax
Disinformation and fake news as externalities of digital advertising: a close reading of sociotechnical imaginaries in programmatic advertising (Journal of Marketing Management):
https://lnkd.in/ee_5Q9v7
To tackle hate crime and support victims, hate crimes must be prosecuted as such, OSCE human rights office says (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/eh9s_tRj
Hate Speech Detection using CoT and Post-hoc Explanation through Instruction-based Fine Tuning in Large Language Models (IEEE Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/ezb2876d
Online hate: A European communication perspective (Communications, de Gruyter):
https://lnkd.in/egP29sVK
AI threats to democracy spark concern in new report (digwatch, Geneva):
https://lnkd.in/e4JXNZWS
On Fake News Detection with LLM Enhanced Semantics Mining (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/erT2GDKx
Important dates for Online Safety compliance (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/ep44vqwb
Concluding Its Information Debate, Fourth Committee Emphasizes Need to Fight Misinformation, Protect Independent Media, Increase Access to Conflicts (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/e7nuEJqH
WhatsApp tests reverse image search on Android beta, aims to curb misinformation spread (BusinessToday, India):
https://lnkd.in/eVyTTN-s
Nearly half of EU youngsters exposed to online abuse, new report finds (euronews):
https://lnkd.in/eupdXQzp
Transformations Of Hate Speech In Arab Political Discourse After The Arab Spring: An Analytical Study For The Period 2011- 2024 (Rimak Journal):
https://lnkd.in/eEkfnqhU
Opinion: Weaponizing Doubt — Deepfakes, Fake News and the Crisis of Media Credibility (Red Line Project):
https://lnkd.in/e6uaUfsy
Media and Information Literacy Course for Adult Educators launched (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/eU8yhAe3
At the High-level Conference on Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, SRSG Simão calls on to put in place a regional cooperation mechanism to support the countries of the Central Sahel to successfully fight terrorism (africa.com):
https://lnkd.in/e872CHhW
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Tackling Misinformation: What Information Professionals Need To Know About The Manosphere (Metropolitan New York Library Council):
https://lnkd.in/eyUbX3Pt
Unmasking Fake News with Emotional Cues: A Comparative Study of Sentiment Reasoning Models (IEEE Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/eerNuRn8
PM Modi, Nigerian president pledge to fight terrorism & radicalisation (The Times of India):
https://lnkd.in/ewhbHhfx
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CRIA G20 | G20 Talks: Facing Disinformation (Governo do Brasil):
https://lnkd.in/e5F5kp9V
Democracies must adapt in the age of disinformation (Mail & Guardian, South Africa):
https://lnkd.in/eXUUiffV
MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition to combat Misinformation ahead of 2024 Elections (MyJoy, Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/evJntD7U
Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users (AP via WBFO npr):
https://lnkd.in/dQUcmNGt
Factsheets TCO Regulation (FRISCO):
https://lnkd.in/esE6p2Sy
Successful Peacekeeping Means Aligning Priorities with National Vision, Respecting Local Culture, Clarifying Mandates, Fourth Committee Hears in Debate (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/e_Ss5FXi
Extremismusprävention, Demokratieförderung und politische Bildung durch Evaluation stärken (PrEval, PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/eASR6Gzs
MisCC. Misinformation detection on counterfactual claims (University of Edinburgh):
https://lnkd.in/ev6CrEqg
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SOUPS 2024 – How Entertainment Journalists Manage Online Hate and Harassment (USENIX):
https://lnkd.in/ek74hcHr
Social Media and European Youth: A Combined Qualitative Analysis of Finland and Spain (Munich Personal RePEc Archive):
https://lnkd.in/eCKndGmZ
Rising Extremism in Africa Requires New Approach (We are the World Ending Poverty):
https://lnkd.in/eDGCT5UY
India – Nigeria Strategic and Counter-Terrorism Dialogue (Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India):
https://lnkd.in/e9ebaBET
Was brauchen Demokratieförderung und Extremismusprävention? (Deutsches Jugendinstitut):
https://lnkd.in/e-Sc8Ehn
Alternative model can identify fake news (Tech Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/e2drScTV (News)
https://lnkd.in/e2gc3TUD (Study)
Zivilgesellschaft und Polizei. Kooperationsformen in der Bekämpfung und Prävention von gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit. Abschlussbericht einer Explorationsstudie zur Situation in Berlin (Camino):
https://lnkd.in/drYHvEs5
Addressing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation (Medical Economics):
https://lnkd.in/eFNQK-T8
CTED Trends Tracker. Evolving Trends in the Financing of Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ Activity: 2014 – 2024. November 2024 (CTED):
https://lnkd.in/eHdBdg95
Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/ePUGi4zS
Media Reform Conference Explores Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression Restrictions (Chronicle, Luxemburg):
https://lnkd.in/ez6amc_g
What has the ‘year of elections’ taught us about AI and democracy? (The Alan Turing Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eZWsFt42
How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector? (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/eRvi_e2x
Combatting online hate: Crowd moderation and the public goods problem (Communications, de Gruyter):
https://lnkd.in/ey6C7Dp3
Videos, Day 2
AVERT 2024 symposium (AVERT Research Network)…
Day 2 Plenary Session AVERT 2024 symposium:
https://lnkd.in/ecAAW_Pe
Day 2 Session A Rethinking Risk New Issues and Dilemmas in Risk Assessment AVERT 2024 symposium:
https://lnkd.in/eUuvJm8i
Day 2 Session A ‘Men at Arms The Intersection of Violent Extremism and Masculinities’ 2024 Symposium:
https://lnkd.in/eKen6rNW
Day 2 Session B Connectivity and Evolution in Far right Movements AVERT 2024 Symposium:
https://lnkd.in/eYv3mPvh
Day 2 Session B Responding to youth radicalisation Trans Tasman developments in policy and practice:
https://lnkd.in/e6tXQBAq
Living hated: Everyday experiences of hate speech across online and offline contexts (Communications, de Gruyter):
https://lnkd.in/e2Vn8RfZ
Guan NCCE sensitises youth groups on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eb5twavf
Videos, Day 1
AVERT 2024 symposium (AVERT Research Network)…
Day 1 Session A Changes and Challenges Shifting Demographics of Violent Extremism and CVE:
https://lnkd.in/eC-54Rc4
Day 1 Session A Disengagement and Diversion AVERT 2024 symposium:
https://lnkd.in/ecrniDqJ
Day 1 Session B How does the online environment influence people’s vulnerability to radicalisation:
https://lnkd.in/eFtTr_zA
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The Digital Deception Landscape: Academic Insights on Misinformation and Deepfakes (Maxwell School of Syracuse University):
https://lnkd.in/ej8z-ETU
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Misinformation, Disinformation and Hate Speech in Humanitarian Contexts Webinar (Grand Challenges Canada):
https://lnkd.in/eTuy4GSF
Ivory Coast: Awareness day led by the CCM of Ferkessédougou (Coginta):
https://lnkd.in/eZD4H7QM
On Fake News Detection with LLM Enhanced Semantics Mining (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/erT2GDKx
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US, Germany launch joint West Africa antiterrorism program (VOA):
https://lnkd.in/efcbxmZf
National Extremism Strategy for 2024-2029 (National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security):
https://lnkd.in/gh7Q4Y-Q
Free articles and analyses on soft counter-extremism, against hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:
counter-terrorism.org
preventhate.org
strategism.org
Recent LinkedIn posts with summaries on the above subjects:
https://lnkd.in/eBarZAew
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