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Build Up, an innovator in the field of peace building based in Kenya, was shortlisted for its use of technology to address online polarization and division in diverse contexts.
The spread of potentially harmful content such as hate speech and dis/misinformation has increasingly become an issue of concern that threatens public access to information, social cohesion, peace and democracy.On 12 April 2023, UNESCO in partnership
While social media platforms can exacerbate the spread of disinformation, hate narratives, discrimination, and polarization, it can also be used to curb harm, de-escalate divisive emotions, provide additional perspectives, link distributed communitie