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Findings and Lessons Learned from Our Pilot Misinformation Management Project in Sri Lanka

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...

Update on the risk of election violence in Kenya

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...

The Challenge of Online Harms: Key outcomes at the UN Internet Governance Forum 2021

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...
Satellite imagery analysis shows extent of detention centre expansion and security

Satellite imagery analysis shows extent of detention centre expansion and security

by The Sentinel Project | Aug 31, 2021 | Early Warning, General News, Technology

Building on the extensive work of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Xinjiang Data Project, the Sentinel Project is working to analyze satellite imagery of locations of alleged detention and re-education facilities within the Xinjiang region. These...

Developing a community vulnerability scorecard

by The Sentinel Project | Aug 30, 2021 | Early Warning, General News

In early 2021, three graduate students – Alessandra Mooney, Allie Phillips, and Maddie Warman – from Georgetown’s Conflict Resolution MA program worked with the Sentinel Project to produce a framework for identifying what subnational factors make specific...
Ethiopia’s impending Balkanization:  A short explainer on the country’s recent crisis

Ethiopia’s impending Balkanization: A short explainer on the country’s recent crisis

by The Sentinel Project | Apr 26, 2021 | Early Warning

This interview addresses the current crisis in Ethiopia, particularly in the Tigray region. Since November 2020, intense fighting between the central government under Abiy Ahmed and members of the former regime, along with their many allies, has caused “thousands of...
Fostering misinformation literacy: Runtu Waa Nabad in Somalia

Fostering misinformation literacy: Runtu Waa Nabad in Somalia

by The Sentinel Project | Apr 16, 2021 | Early Warning, Misinformation, Somalia, Technology

With contributions from Ahmed Gelle of the Manaal Relief Foundation The Sentinel Project recently launched a misinformation management pilot project together with an organization in Somalia called the Manaal Relief Foundation (MRF). The pilot project is taking place...
Localized Early Warning: Predicting Atrocities at the Subnational Level

Localized Early Warning: Predicting Atrocities at the Subnational Level

by The Sentinel Project | Mar 25, 2021 | Conferences, Early Warning, General News

Mass atrocities such as genocide are not spontaneous events but rather planned, intentional actions, which means that they are also predictable and preventable. This basic premise is a foundational principle of the Sentinel Project’s mission as we seek to assist...

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  • New Public Report: Globally Scaling Digital Solutions for Managing Misinformation
  • Findings and Lessons Learned from Our Pilot Misinformation Management Project in Sri Lanka
  • Women at the core of the Sentinel Project’s peacebuilding activities
  • Update on the risk of election violence in Kenya
  • The Challenge of Online Harms: Key outcomes at the UN Internet Governance Forum 2021

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