Terrorism and Social Media Conference 2021
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[All times are BST]
Monday 21st June
13:00 – 14:00
Online communities and cultures of the extreme-right
Chair: Dr Simon Copeland (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Dr Ben Lee (University of St Andrews)
Blyth Crawford (King's College London)
Dr Lorraine Bowman Grieve (Waterford Institute of Technology)
Monday 21st June
16:00 – 17:00
Rethinking “online” radicalisation
Chair: JM Berger (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Meili Criezis (American University)
Julia Handle (Violence Prevention Network)
Andrew Mines (George Washington University)
Joe Whittaker (Swansea University)
Tuesday 22nd June
9:00 – 10:00
The Far Right & Covid
Chair: Dr Andrew Glazzard (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Dr Julian Droogan & Dr Lise Waldek (Macquarie University)
Dr Lella Nouri (Swansea University) & Dr Suraj Lakhani (University of Sussex)
Dr Daniela Pisoiu (Vienna University)
Tuesday 22nd June
20:00 – 21:00
Exploring Societal Resilience to Online Polarization
Chair: Dr Kamil Yilmaz (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Amy-Louise Watkin (Swansea University; Dublin City University)
Dr James Fitzgerald (Dublin City University)
Dr Vivian Gerrand (Deakin University, European University Institute, and BRaVE)
Inés Bolaños Somoano (European University Institute)
Wednesday 23rd June
13:00 – 14:00
Content Moderation, Transparency (Reporting) and Human Rights
Chair: Dr Katy Vaughan (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Jeremy West (OECD)
Gabrielle Guillemin (Article 19)
Maygane Janin (Tech Against Terrorism)
Wednesday 23rd June
20:00 – 21:00
Algorithmic Transparency and Content Amplification
Chair: Seán Looney (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Dr Chris Meserole (Brookings Institution)
Emma Llanso (Centre for Democracy and Technology)
Dia Kayyali (Mnemonic)
Thursday 24th June
15:00 – 15:55 (part of Wales Technology Week)
Identifying and removing online terrorist propaganda: challenges and responses
Chair: Prof Stuart Macdonald (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Dr Erin Saltman (GIFCT)
Adam Hadley (Tech Against Terrorism)
Thursday 24th June
16:00 – 17:00
Innovations in P/CVE
Chair: Joe Whittaker (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Dr Erin Saltman (GIFCT)
Karly Vockery (Facebook)
Joost (Moonshot CVE)
Friday 25th June
13:00 – 14:00
(When) Should Academics Report Online Terrorist Content?
Chair: Prof Stuart Macdonald (Swansea University)
Speakers:
Representatives from the UK Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit
Prof Maura Conway (Dublin City University; Swansea University)
Dr Aaron Zelin (Washington Institution for Near East Policy)
Organiser Swansea University
Organiser of Terrorism and Social Media Conference 2021