DigitHarium Month #3: Information disorders, conflicts and shifting online landscapes
Propaganda and the manipulation of information have always been part of conflicts. In a digital world, this reality takes new dimensions as the Internet and social media exponentially increase the speed, scale and reach of good and bad information, magnifying the phenomenon and its negative consequences. The COVID crisis further highlighted the devastating effects of the global ‘infodemic’ threatening international peace and security. Article 07 April 2021
For the third DigitHarium month of 2021, we turned our head to an issue that has become more and more topical for humanitarian action: the impact of online misinformation, disinformation and hate speech (MDH) on conflict trajectories. We focused in particular on how MDH can increase peoples exposure to risks and vulnerabilities in fragile settings, and what humanitarian organizations can do to better understand this phenomenon and respond
LAPS Hosting COVID Vaccine Presentation For Staff Feb. 10
LAPS News:
All LAPS staff are invited to a presentation on “COVID Vaccines and How They Work” starting at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10. Dr. Sandy Farmer of Pfizer Pharmaceutical will be the featured speaker.
Staff will be sent the Zoom link prior to the presentation.
Farmer’s presentation will focus on: how immunity works technology foundation for the top COVID vaccines why now for such innovation in vaccines how mRNA vaccines work and why is this such a powerful platform brief background on Phase 3 vaccine clinical trials and how COVID-19 Phase 3 trials compare