Imagine a digital security guard that can spot bad actors trying to trick young people into joining hate groups inside video games. It works like a smart filter that catches dangerous conversations in real-time before they cause harm. The goal is to make online play-spaces safe for everyone by understanding how these recruiters operate.
Gaming platforms are being exploited by extremist groups to recruit vulnerable youth. Current moderation tools often fail to detect these nuanced, multi-layered recruitment tactics in real-time.
The Watchtower AI platform for real-time detection of extremist grooming and a specialized Training Curriculum for police authorities.
If you are a game developer dealing with toxic communities and extremist recruitment on your servers — this project developed the Watchtower AI platform that recognizes extremist presence and interrupts grooming attempts in real-time.
If you are a moderation firm dealing with the difficulty of tracking radicalization in non-traditional social spaces — this project developed an AI moderation tool and a sociology-based knowledge base to identify vulnerable individuals.
If you are a tech provider dealing with the need for better police training on digital threats — this project developed a Training Curriculum for European Police Authorities to understand gaming-related radicalization.
Based on available project data, no pricing or cost information is provided as this is a Horizon-RIA research project.
The project aims to develop and train the Watchtower platform; however, based on available project data, it is currently in the development and training phase rather than full industrial scale.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, though the project follows EU research standards for ethical and legal compliance.
The project period runs from 2023-09-01 to 2026-08-31.
Based on available project data, the Watchtower platform is designed to recognize and interrupt recruitment in real-time, though specific technical integration APIs are not detailed.
The consortium is diverse, consisting of 10 partners across 8 countries. It maintains a 30% industry ratio with 3 industrial partners and 1 SME, balancing academic research (2 universities, 1 research center) with 4 other organizational entities. This mix suggests a strong link between theoretical sociology and practical AI application.
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