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Webinar: Hash sharing and identifying terrorist content at scale

Written by Admin | May 31, 2019 4:00:00 AM
Are you a tech professional interested in learning more about how your company can effectively use technology to keep your platform safe? Tech Against Terrorism and the  Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism(GIFCT) are pleased to present our series of free e-learning webinars on tackling terrorist use of the internet whilst respecting human rights. These free webinar sessions are particularly suited for  tech professionalscontent moderators and others interested in learning more about terrorist use of technology and the internet more widely, and aims to help them protect their platforms and services from terrorist exploitation. In the first e-learning session, we will look at the benefits and challenges with  image, video, and audio hashing in detecting, classifying, and moderating terrorist content online. If you are a tech company or a tech professional interested in learning more about how your organisation can use hashing effectively, this will be a great opportunity for you to hear from some of the leading engineers in the field. More information will be shared with confirmed participants. Please note that registration does not guarantee admission to the webinar. About our webinar series: Over the course of the upcoming webinars, GIFCT and Tech Against Terrorism will convene some of the industry's leading policy researchers and engineers to explore practical ways to support support smaller tech companies in tackling the terrorist use of the internet whilst respecting human rights. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to engage directly with policy makers and engineers from Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft as well as wide range of academics and industry experts. Forthcoming webinars over the next 6 months will cover the following topics (dates TBD):
  • URL sharing technologies
  • Defining and designating terrorist content
  • Content moderation and mental health
  • Terms of Service and Community Guidelines
  • Law enforcement engagement and MLAT processes
  • Intel vending and OSINT (open source intelligence)