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Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: Current Strategies and their Discontents

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 17 pp.

Series: Policy Brief, 45

This is the second of two policy briefs on polarisation. The first policy brief, “Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: The Current Research,” reviewed the research, and concluded by recommending directions for future research. This brief describes interventions: (a) interventions currently being attempted by NGOs and other peacebuilders using digital platforms as their medium, and (b) interventions that the platforms themselves have tested and/or put into action. The conclusion of this brief sorts interventions into categories, and provides recommendations for digital media platforms.
INTERVENTIONS BY INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS OPERATING ON TOP OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS, 1
The Commons: Depolarising Conversation on Facebook and Twitter -- The Institute on Strategic Dialogue: Reaching Violent Extremists with Video -- Moonshot CVE (and Google's Redirect Method): Redirecting People who Search for Extremist Material
STRATEGIES ATTEMPTED BY DIGITAL PLATFORMS THEMSELVES, 5
Facebook -- Google and YouTube
RECOMMENDATIONS: INTERVENTION CATEGORIES AND THEIR COSTS AND BENEFITS, 14
Outside Support -- Custom Interventions -- Label -- Re-Design -- Moderate the Conversation -- Derecommend -- Demonetise -- Debunk -- Deindex, Ban