Digital technology such as the internet and social media has created endless possibilities, but has also created a threat to peace, democracy and lack of trust in people, governments and institutions across the world. Intolerance and hate speech spread on social media with an unprecedented speed. We need to step-up in order to counter this trend and increase the use of digital tools and promote peaceful dialogue and respect, especially in countries with violent conflict. The issue of hate speech and polarisation is merely too great and too complex to be tackled by NCA on its own, hence The Tech for Peace Initiative has been established – a cross-sectoral initiative where civil society, private sector and academia will develop methods and tools to counteract hate speech and polarisation online.
On the 25th of November, from 6 PM we invite tech experts, product designers and other innovators in Norway to meet with peacebuilders from 5 conflict-affected countries in Africa to a 24-hours friendly competition at...
Hate speech, echo chambers, online radicalisation, fake news, trolls. All familiar descriptions of online behaviour and phenomena that has been drastically on the rise this last decade. It is not only behaviour that is...
The Tech for Peace Initiative is a cross sectoral initiative, and by engaging highly motivated members representing big tech, the Norwegian IT sector, academia, media and law, we are forming a strong alliance to counteract...
On the 25th of November, from 6 PM we invite tech experts, product designers and other innovators in Norway to meet with peacebuilders from 5 conflict-affected countries in Africa to a 24-hours friendly competition at Sentralen in Oslo. Closure of the...
On 22nd June 2021, NCA held its first Tech for Peace Workshop at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo organized By NCA and Semcon Norway. In attendance was the Tech for Peace Advisory Board comprising of ICT Norway, Microsoft Norway, Codex Advocate, Norwegia...
- countering online polarisation through dialogue.
Norwegian Church Aid works in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. When the organisation saw an increased need for digital tools in their global peace work, they asked Semcon for support to find the way forward. The initiative is called Tech...
The Tech for Peace Initiative is a cross sectoral initiative, and by engaging highly motivated members representing big tech, the Norwegian IT sector, academia, media and law, we are forming a strong alliance to counteract the global issue of increased...
Hate speech, echo chambers, online radicalisation, fake news, trolls. All familiar descriptions of online behaviour and phenomena that has been drastically on the rise this last decade. It is not only behaviour that is affecting us at a personal level...