David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
How technology can fight extremism and online harassment
by Yasmin Green, Google/Alphabet/Jigsaw
June 27, 2018
Can technology make people safer from threats like violent extremism, censorship and persecution?
In this illuminating talk, technologist Yasmin Green details programs pioneered at Jigsaw (a unit within Alphabet Inc., the collection of companies that also includes Google) to counter radicalization and online harassment - including a project that could give commenters real-time feedback about how their words might land, which has already increased spaces for dialogue.
"If we ever thought that we could build an internet insulated from the dark side of humanity, we were wrong," Green says. "We have to throw our entire selves into building solutions that are as human as the problems they aim to solve."
About Yasmin Green
Yasmin Green serves as the Head of Research and Development for Jigsaw, a technology incubator within Alphabet Inc. At Jigsaw, Ms. Green oversees the team’s research, as well as its work on counter-radicalization and online hate, harassment and intimidation. Previously, she was Head of Strategy and Operations for Google Ideas (now known as Jigsaw). Prior to joining Google, Ms. Green served as consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton. She serves as a Director of Tory Burch LLC. She is a Senior Advisor on Innovation to Oxford Analytica and Co-Chair of the European Commission’s Working Group on Online Radicalization. In 2016, she was named a Women inPower Fellow.
by Yasmin Green, Google/Alphabet/Jigsaw
June 27, 2018
Can technology make people safer from threats like violent extremism, censorship and persecution?
In this illuminating talk, technologist Yasmin Green details programs pioneered at Jigsaw (a unit within Alphabet Inc., the collection of companies that also includes Google) to counter radicalization and online harassment - including a project that could give commenters real-time feedback about how their words might land, which has already increased spaces for dialogue.
"If we ever thought that we could build an internet insulated from the dark side of humanity, we were wrong," Green says. "We have to throw our entire selves into building solutions that are as human as the problems they aim to solve."
About Yasmin Green
Yasmin Green serves as the Head of Research and Development for Jigsaw, a technology incubator within Alphabet Inc. At Jigsaw, Ms. Green oversees the team’s research, as well as its work on counter-radicalization and online hate, harassment and intimidation. Previously, she was Head of Strategy and Operations for Google Ideas (now known as Jigsaw). Prior to joining Google, Ms. Green served as consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton. She serves as a Director of Tory Burch LLC. She is a Senior Advisor on Innovation to Oxford Analytica and Co-Chair of the European Commission’s Working Group on Online Radicalization. In 2016, she was named a Women inPower Fellow.
