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]

00Days
00Hours
00Minutes
00Seconds

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

Detailed Programme

Go Up