Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure
This article examines the realities of modern day warfare, including a rising trend in hybrid threats and irregular warfare which employ emerging technologies supported by digital and data-driven processes. The way in which these technologies become applied generates a widened battlefield and leads...
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| description | This article examines the realities of modern day warfare, including a rising trend in hybrid threats and irregular warfare which employ emerging technologies supported by digital and data-driven processes. The way in which these technologies become applied generates a widened battlefield and leads to a greater number of civilians being caught up in conflict. Humanitarian groups mandated to protect civilians have adapted their approaches to the use of new emerging technologies. However, the lack of international consensus on the use of data, the public and private nature of the actors involved in conflict, the transnational aspects of the widened battlefield, and the heightened security risks in the conflict space pose enormous challenges for the protection of civilians agenda. Based on the dual-usage aspect of emerging technologies, the challenges associated with regulation and the need for those affected by conflict to demonstrate resilience toward, and knowledge of, digital media literacy, this paper proposes the development of guidance for a "minimum basic technology infrastructure" which is supported by technology, regulation, and public awareness and education |
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| spelling | doaj-art-348fefa3876842949baf0a1b5c8414aa2025-01-22T07:11:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Dynamics2673-27262025-01-01610.3389/fhumd.2024.14655941465594Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructureAnn Fitz-Gerald0Jenna Hennebry1Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, CanadaCommunication Studies and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, CanadaThis article examines the realities of modern day warfare, including a rising trend in hybrid threats and irregular warfare which employ emerging technologies supported by digital and data-driven processes. The way in which these technologies become applied generates a widened battlefield and leads to a greater number of civilians being caught up in conflict. Humanitarian groups mandated to protect civilians have adapted their approaches to the use of new emerging technologies. However, the lack of international consensus on the use of data, the public and private nature of the actors involved in conflict, the transnational aspects of the widened battlefield, and the heightened security risks in the conflict space pose enormous challenges for the protection of civilians agenda. Based on the dual-usage aspect of emerging technologies, the challenges associated with regulation and the need for those affected by conflict to demonstrate resilience toward, and knowledge of, digital media literacy, this paper proposes the development of guidance for a "minimum basic technology infrastructure" which is supported by technology, regulation, and public awareness and educationhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1465594/fullhumanitarian assistanceemerging technologiesconflictprotection of civiliansbasic technology infrastructurehumanitarian agencies |
| spellingShingle | Ann Fitz-Gerald Jenna Hennebry Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure Frontiers in Human Dynamics humanitarian assistance emerging technologies conflict protection of civilians basic technology infrastructure humanitarian agencies |
| title | Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure |
| title_full | Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure |
| title_fullStr | Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure |
| title_short | Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure |
| title_sort | protecting civilians in a data driven and digitalized battlespace toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure |
| topic | humanitarian assistance emerging technologies conflict protection of civilians basic technology infrastructure humanitarian agencies |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1465594/full |
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