Our democracies are under pressure from subversive forces, often undetectable to the public due to their multifaceted and invisible nature. Justice for Prosperity (JfP) is a non- governmental and non-profit organisation. The flagship project WhoDis aims to identify and unveil how the structures of subversion work, how they remain undetected and harm and endanger communities.
This project uses AI, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), to detect, reconstruct, and expose anti- democratic actors and activities by monitoring and examining online polarising language, narratives, messages, and sources.
On 30th May 2024, Justice for Prosperity, together with De Groene Amsterdammer, published an article titled “ A Foetus Barbie…
Lexicon: Within the lexicon generated as part of the WhoDis Project, there remained a significant focus on: The subject of…
Based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the team at Justice for Prosperity (JfP) have decades of combined experience within the fields of intelligence, international diplomacy, as well as the use of technology within counterterrorism and law enforcement, through the prior and continuous use of Artificial Intelligence, as well as the development and dissemination of mapping and detection software. JfP is connected to the International Organisation for Migration, Council of Europe, European Parliament, the United Nations and the Dutch Government
Furthermore, JfP is a core member of the United4Diversity and United for Democracy initiative to build up a network of civil society organisations, academia, policy makers and corporate organisations, in order to address anti-gender and anti-LGBTQI+ movements, both within Europe and the Americas.
Within this report, we identified the Theory of Change, where if we investigate and expose these threats, we can ultimately predict where they will hit next and defend ourselves better.
After the publication of the WhoDis report, we focused further on identifying and tracking the continuous development of the actors and subversive targeted actions that are being used during a period where our societies are facing increasing levels of polarisation and extremism within political debate.
Therefore, in order to expand the pre-existing features embedded within the tool and incorporate different sources to track, such as Youtube, and a greater selection of websites and PDFs, to allow a greater amount of material to be incorporated.
The next steps with the WhoDis tool will focus on expanding development of further additional visualisation capabilities as well as dissemination of materials, through being able to tailor the WhoDis tool to various needs, based on the intended usage of the user. To develop a more interactive visual interface platform, in order to allow a more targeted focus based on the findings disclosed and results produced through the WhoDis tool. By either focusing on a policy, litigation or research angle, the WhoDis tool can be used more effectively by users to be able to understand existing observations and help with predicting future trends and developments.