ICT4Peace Foundation
The use and abuse of information and communication technologies in peacebuilding, crisis management, humanitarian operations, democratic resilience and cybersecurity, including the role of social media in conflict and information disorder.
- Type
- International policy and action-oriented foundation
- Based in
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Focus region
- Global, with substantial work in South Asia and multilateral institutions
Notable projects
Long-running research and policy work on ICTs for peacebuilding and crisis response, cybersecurity diplomacy, information integrity, technology-enabled conflict and the effects of social media on democracy and violence in South Asia.
Founded as a Swiss-supported initiative in 2003. Sanjana Hattotuwa has served as a Special Advisor since 2006. His ‘Chameleon Ads’ comparison was published independently on his personal research blog and is catalogued with that qualification; it should not be read as an institutional ICT4Peace report or endorsement.
- Investigation
- 1
- Platform tracked
- 1
- Active since
- 2025
- Latest report
- Apr 2025
Topics covered
- Ad Transparency & Fraud1
- Content Moderation1
- Election Integrity1
- Misinformation & Disinformation1
Watchdog vs. platform
Publicly documented legal proceedings, access disputes, or other platform pushback. Allegations, findings, and outcomes are labelled separately and linked to their sources.
No sourced legal or practical dispute has been documented for ICT4Peace yet. Know of one?
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Current
- Sanjana HattotuwaSpecial Advisor and information-disorders researcher1