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 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...
by The Sentinel Project | May 31, 2021 | General News
Our newest preliminary report outlines the results of recent efforts to better understand the gender-related dynamics in three of the countries where we work: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Uganda. In February and March 2021, we conducted...
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...
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...
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...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 9, 2019 | Conferences
By Barnabas Samuel, Sebit Martin, and Christopher Tuckwood ————————————————– A critical part of starting any new initiative is for the Sentinel Project team to gather...
by Drew Boyd | Sep 9, 2019 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology
The Sentinel Project currently operates Peaceful Truth (www.peacefultruth.org), which is an action-research initiative in Mandalay, Myanmar focused on misinformation management and funded by the International Development Research Centre. Peaceful Truth currently...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Mar 8, 2019 | General News, Hagiga Wahid, Situations of Concern, South Sudan, Team Announcements, Technology, Uganda, Una Hakika
“A refugee heard that someone back in South Sudan had come with soldiers to kill his family so he prepared his community to go and fight the people in another camp and take revenge on the perpetrator’s community.” Reported to the Sentinel Project team in...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 10, 2017 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology
Since 2015, the Sentinel Project has partnered with Burmese organizations to implement direct co-operation programs with at-risk communities. One such initiative is Peaceful Truth, an effort to combat extremism and prevent the outbreak of violence in the city of...
by Adrian Gregorich | Dec 21, 2016 | Kenya, Una Hakika
An interview with Kode Wario, Una Hakika Community Ambassador In terms of the recent expansion of Una Hakika into Lamu, how will the program be beneficial to the community? In its expansion to the Lamu community Una Hakika shall will be a great benefit....
