by The Sentinel Project | May 23, 2024 | General News, Team Announcements
Volunteer with the Sentinel Project and start impacting lives today! Your contribution can help us achieve our mission and make a meaningful difference. We believe that everyone has something unique to offer, and we are excited about the diverse range of talents and...
by The Sentinel Project | Mar 8, 2024 | Conferences, General News, Kenya, Misinformation, Technology, Una Hakika, Women
New Zealand government funds joint project to launch digital literacy pilot program in Kenya’s Tana Delta; aims to provide youth with skills which will allow them to counter incendiary misinformation which contributes to unrest and violence Tana River...
by The Sentinel Project | Nov 22, 2023 | General News
As global citizens with a moral responsibility to prevent and respond to atrocities, it can often feel as though our individual actions do not make an impact, and that the issues are so complex or partisan that we are not able to meaningfully engage. However, there...
by The Sentinel Project | Aug 8, 2023 | Donations, General News
Today we mark fifteen years since the Sentinel Project’s founding on August 8th, 2008. Working to prevent atrocities, including the crime of genocide, the Sentinel Project has assisted more than 2 million people across South Sudan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya,...
by Sentinel Project | Sep 6, 2022 | General News, Misinformation, Technology
How do we know that something we hear or read is accurate? What conventions or practices help us to establish whether a new piece of information is true or false? What is the harm in repeatedly receiving incorrect information? It seems as though it is becoming harder...
by Nishadi Gunatilake | Apr 24, 2022 | Early Warning, General News, Misinformation, Sri Lanka, Technology
The Sentinel Project ran a pilot misinformation management project in Sri Lanka from July 2021 to December 2021. This article examines the trends and patterns of misinformation observed in 2021 as a result of the project’s monitoring work, summarises some of the...
by Raashi Saxena | Mar 31, 2022 | General News, Misinformation, Women
Gender equity has always been a crucial aspect of the Sentinel Project’s work. This is demonstrated well by misinformation management projects, in which engaging both men and women is essential due to their complementarity in conflict information ecosystems. In...
by John Green Otunga | Feb 28, 2022 | Early Warning, Kenya, Misinformation, Technology, Una Hakika
The Sentinel Project is building a network of like-minded stakeholders to collaborate on preventing and mitigating violence related to Kenya’s 2022 general election. Often seen as a beacon of stability in its region, political upheaval in Kenya can have ramifications...
by Raashi Saxena | Jan 31, 2022 | Conferences, Early Warning, Technology
The Sentinel Project recently organised a workshop at the 16th annual UN Internet Governance Forum held in Katowice, Poland. Our session titled “The Challenges of Online Harms : Can AI moderate Hate Speech?” brought together human rights experts with...
by The Sentinel Project | Sep 30, 2021 | General News, Misinformation
This infographic outlines the general misinformation management process that we use across our projects. Blog #1: How are misinformation, hate speech, and violence linked and what are their consequences? The Sentinel Project has spent a lot of time thinking about...
