EverC Safer Ecommerce Day - Ongoing Hostilities: Fighting Hate & Harm

Two experts who are passionate about disrupting dark commerce offer a glimpse into the power of the human mind to detect and destabilize the world’s worst actors. Learn more about today’s complex threat landscape, including the impact of disinformation, the manipulation of payment rails by violent authoritarian regimes, and the large-scale financial scams that jeopardize an already-vulnerable global democratic stability. Presenters: Ben Decker & Maya Shabi Along with starting Memetica, a digital investigations firm, Benjamin T. Decker is a Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project and contributor to The New York Times and the Christchurch Call Advisory Network. His research fellowship at the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School explored the network effect of far-right and extremist ideologies and their impact on global elections. Drawing on her expertise in counterterrorism, risk assessment, and mitigation analysis in the intelligence sector, Maya tracks emerging threats to drive thought leadership and product development with the goal of leveraging technology to beat bad actors at their own game. Maya is deeply fascinated by the evolution of society's engagement with technology, and passionate about standing up for vulnerable and marginalized communities that are most impacted by global threats.