Final Conference
FRISCO Final Conference – “Fighting Terrorist Content Online: Progress, Challenges & Perspectives” (17-18 October 2024, Brussels)
[Please note that this event is by invitation only and is already fully booked]
Concept
The TCO regulation came into force more than two years ago. Soon after, the FRISCO (Fighting Terrorist Content Online) project was launched to support micro and small tech platforms in their content moderation and compliance efforts. Since then, our team has successfully provided support through information, tools, training, best practice materials, collaboration and research. The FRISCO project will come to an end in 2024, but the fight against online terrorism remains a top priority at EU level, requiring a combination of legislative, non-legislative and voluntary measures. Significant progress has been made, but challenges remain to maximise the effectiveness of the TCO Regulation and related counter-measures.
To celebrate and ensure its continued success, the FRISCO project will hold its final two-day conference in Brussels on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October. This event aims to open new streams of cooperation and practice by bringing together experts and practitioners from different fields (EU officials, policy makers, law enforcement, regulators, tech sector representatives, academics, researchers, NGOs, etc.) to discuss strategies to curb online terror. The focus will be on bridging gaps between policy, practice, law enforcement and research, as well as between the different components of P/CVE (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) at EU level.
Agenda Overview
Thursday, 17 October 2024 – Terrorist Use of the Internet: Trends & Regulations
Opening remarks
Dr. Athanasios DAVVETAS PM FRISCO Project, Postdoctoral researcher, NCSR-Demokritos | Welcome – Presentation of FRISCO |
Yolanda GALLEGO-CASILDA GRAU Head of Unit, D.3 Prevention of Radicalisation at the European Commission (DG HOME) | Foreword – Priorities, challenges and responses to prevent radicalisation online at European level |
Session 1. A changing threat landscape? Terrorist Use of the Internet: Trends & Challenges
Isabelle ARNSON Senior Analyst at Tremau | Introduction – Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online: from 2022 to 2024 |
Dr. Julia EBNER Speaker & Leader of the Violent Extremism Lab at the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford | Identity & Extremism: what motivates violent behaviours in online groups? |
Anne CRAANEN Senior Research and Policy Manager at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue | A Look at Global Trends: decentralisation, hybridization, gamification, etc. |
Dr. Beatriz LOPES BUARQUE Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science | Conspiracy Theories & Online Subcultures: how do they affect vulnerabilities to radicalisation? |
Dr. Christina SCHORI LIANG Head of Counterterrorism and PVE at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy | Terrorist Actors & Emerging Technologies: how are terrorist actors exploiting emerging technologies and how can we better prevent them from doing so? |
Session 2. Navigating the EU’s Digital Regulation Landscape. TCO Regulation & Digital Services Act: Practicalities & Insights
Rositsa DZHEKOVA Deputy Director, International Department at Violence Prevention Network | Introduction |
Anna DE MARCHI Case Handler for the DSA at the European Commission (DG CNECT) Charlotte MARIËN Policy Officer at the European Commission (DG HOME) | Update on the TCO Regulation and the Digital Services Act: implementation, synergies, challenges |
Pr. Stuart MACDONALD Professor at Swansea University | Tackling Terrorist Content Online: The Legal Challenges |
Lucile PETIT Head of Online Platforms Regulation at Arcom (France) Arda GERKENS President at ATKM (Netherlands) Diarmuid COEN Director of Investigations at Coimisiún na Meán (Ireland) | PANEL DISCUSSION – TCO & DSA in Everyday Practice: Different Perspectives, Common Challenges Moderator: Louis-Victor DE FRANSSU, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Tremau |
Pierre SIVIGNON EU Project Manager & Analyst at Civipol | Closing |
Friday, 18 October 2024 – Countering Online Terror: Practices & Reponses
Session 3. Seeing through the Eyes of Tech Platforms. From Micro to (Very) Large Tech Platforms – Needs, Capacities & Challenges
Pal BOZA Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Co-founder at Tremau | Introduction |
Louise MELOY Senior Intelligence Analyst at Tech Against Terrorism | Targets, Misuses and Dissemination Strategies: how online platforms are misused by terrorist and violent actors to spread propaganda online? |
Andrew STANIFORTH Director at SAHER – Tech Against Terrorism Europe Dr. Dimitra CHONDROGIANNI Project Manager at the Greek E-Commerce Association – ALLIES | Moderation and Compliance: Challenges Facing Small Platforms |
Hadelin FERONT Counter-Terrorism Public Policy Manager at META(Remote) | Moderation and Compliance: Insights from META |
Cecilia ZAPPALA Head of EU Government Affairs and Public Policy at YouTube | YouTube content moderation and responsibility framework |
Session 4. Moderating Harmful Content: Challenges, Debates, Approaches in a Trust & Safety Perspective
Pal BOZA Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Co-founder at Tremau | Introduction |
Siddharth MAHESHWARI AVP – CMT IOA at Cognizant Lydia EL-KHOURI Project Manager at Textgain Yann LESCOP Head of Projects and Studies at Point de Contact | PANEL DISCUSSION – Moderating Harmful Content: Challenges, Debates, Approaches in a Trust & Safety Perspective Moderator: Pal BOZA, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Co-founder at Tremau |
Session 5. Improving our Counterterrorism Response: Perspectives, Partnerships, Practices
Giulia DINO GIACOMELLI Founder and Chief Consultant at GDG Inspire | Introduction |
Stéphane DUGUIN Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the CyberPeace Institute | Perspectives – Counterterrorism 3.0: how can we improve our response to the weaponization of disruptive technologies (e.g. integrated, immersive, decentralised) by terrorist actors? |
Dr. Erin SALTMAN Director of Membership & Programs at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) | Partnerships – Strengthening Cross-Platform and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Combat Terrorist Exploitation Online |
Fabian WICHMANN Senior Case Manager at EXIT Germany | Practices – De-radicalising and Countering Narratives: how can we better counter narratives and articulate online/offline interventions? |
Pierre SIVIGNON EU Project Manager & Analyst at Civipol | Conclusion |