Winning Teams

Alpha Stream - Clean Energy
Team of Pro Bono - Ibn Haldun University (Türkiye)

Team of Pro Bono recommend legislative actions to ensure fast and balanced interventions that protect freedom of expression and privacy. Initiatives like AI-assisted decision support systems, e-patrols, and partnerships with media, industry, and international organizations will enhance information accuracy and security across member states.

Charlie Stream - Sexism & Gender-Based Violence
ZSEM Model UN Club - Zagreb School of Economics and Management (Croatia)

ZSEM Model UN Club recommend a Human-in-the-Loop system for expert review of complex cases. In the long term, they aim to empower younger generations through education, instilling awareness and promoting democratic values with the help of transparent AI tools.

Echo Stream - Terrorism
Youth Council of Rome - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Italy) and Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)

Youth Council of Rome believe NATO and its partners can counter Taliban disinformation through a coordinated, three-part strategy that emphasizes women’s involvement and human security. First, establishing a Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis Network would leverage AI to identify and respond swiftly to radical narratives. Second, NATO should promote engaging, localized counter-narrative campaigns. And third, they should support independent journalists and media outlets.

Golf Stream - Terrorism
New Kids on the Block - Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden)

New Kids on the Block recommend a two-prong approach where they provide a platform and incentivize citizen journalists to securely and anonymously contribute to a transparent view of the Taliban regime, while also disseminating these stories to NATO countries and the rest of the world.  ​To reach the disgruntled Afghan population, they will leverage relationships between exile journalists and remaining journalism cells, to help NATO provide both a secure channel, credibility and a guarantee that their stories don’t disappear in the noise. ​

India Stream - Human Rights
Hampden-Sydney League - Hampden-Sydney College (United States of America)

Hampden-Sydney League propose a committee whose sole purpose is to combat disinformation through the procurement of curriculums that would effectively handle disinformation and misinformation in NATO countries. This will include courses on media literacy, misinformation and disinformation, and how that can negatively affect social relations, common understanding, and critical thinking in society, targeted for youth in the education system.

Kilo Stream - Russia-Ukraine War
Team 20 - Leiden University (Netherlands), University of Warsaw (Poland), University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), and University of Bologna (Italy)

To counter Russia’s disinformation about the war in Ukraine, Team 20 recommend expanding NATO’s presence in (social) media. They want to make NATO channels more approachable by providing information in member state’s language(s) and cultural context.

Mike Stream - Russia-Ukraine War
INFO GUARDIAN - Mersin University (Türkiye)

INFO GUARDIAN propose the creation of a game that will feature 5 key tips from NATO for combating disinformation, integrated into the characters and storyline. At the beginning and during key transitions, the player will encounter misinformation used by Russia to legitimize its unjust invasion of Ukraine. By the end of the game, players will be more informed and better equipped to recognize and counteract disinformation.

Oscar Stream - Russia-Ukraine War
GREECINFORMATION - Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece)

GREECINFORMATION propose a “Bold Statement” action plan to ameliorate NATO’s capacity in supporting the Ukrainian efforts towards disinformation countering. The action plan is consisted by two instruments: the development of a Bot - detecting Algorithm with the capacity to detect, analyze and report the behavior of Russian- led bots that spread disinformation in social media. And cyber-infrastructure that aims to enhance Ukraine’s digital resilience, in cooperation with the agencies of the EU.

Quebec Stream - Artificial Intelligence
Clear Signal - Hamilton College (United States of America) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States of America)

Clear Signal suggest the development of a robust detection system to counter deepfakes by leveraging two types of technologies that are well-suited to oppose the two most common threat models. Using these tools, NATO can integrate development between member states and establish a centralized counteroffensive media program.