Thursday, October 05, 2023

About 15 young professionals graduated today after completing the Academy of Trusted Flagger's three-month training cycle on reporting materials containing hate speech and incitement to violent extremism on online platforms.

The event also served to announce the winner of the Best Reporter competition. Ms. Liridona Hoxhaj, with an education in the security profile in the field of religious studies, was declared the winner of the competition with 137 reports of harmful materials on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, etc. The winner was offered a training scholarship in the field of coding enabled by the company BetaPlan under the certification of the Coding Dojo Academy in the USA.

The graduation ceremony was greeted by the director of the National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK), Mr. Igli Tafa, who emphasized the importance of the cooperation of public institutions with the various actors of society to face the risks posed by technological development and the ever-increasing integration of technology in our lives.   ASP has been cooperating for three years with AKCESK for providing demanding expertise as well as facilitating dialogue with the various actors of society, with the support of the US Embassy in Tirana.