The IEEE Digital Platforms and Societal Harms Conference 2024 took place in Washington DC on October 14th and 15th and brought together academics, civil society leaders, technology platforms and government leaders to discuss the latest developments, research, and challenges in tackling hate speech, extremism, exploitation and mis/disinformation.

Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, served as General Chair of the conference. OHPI Senior Analyst Osiris Parikh attended the conference in person and Analyst Jasmine Beinart attended online. The strong presense from the Online Hate Prevention Institute included one keynote speech and three presentations.

The conference included three amazing panels of experts, two workshops, a public policy and standards session, and 25 presentations from participants.

The amazing keynote speakers who participated this year including: Mallory Knodel CEO of the Social Web Foundation, Paul Giannasi OBE National Police Hate Crime Advisor in the UK, Skip Gilmour Director of Technology at GIFCT, Briana Kablack a Policy Manager at Meta, Joel R. Rubin former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs at the US State Department, Mark Weitzman an antisemitism experts and former Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Brian Hughes Associate Director at PERIL, Tom Sobocinski, former Section Chief of the Counterterrorism Division at the FBI, Lisa Singh a Professor at Georgetown University and Director of the Massive Data Institute, Andre Oboler, CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute, and many others.

Watch Tom Sobocinski, former Section Chief of the Counterterrorism Division at the FBI, speaking on the extremism panel. See it on Facebook here.

Watch Joel R. Rubin, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (US State Department) speaking on the mis/disinformation panel. See it on Facebook here.