Cassius Wilkinson
Counter-Extremism Operations Lead, Discord
2023
Cassius Wilkinson is the Counter-Extremism Operations Lead at Discord, where he and his team work to detect and disrupt the spread of extremist content, and neutralize the exploitation of the platform by extremist actors. Prior to joining Discord, Wilkinson was a Strategic Risk Analyst at TikTok and drove efforts to identify and remove content from organized crime networks in Latin America. At TikTok, he also managed the global elections risk strategy, working to curtail political misinformation and electoral violence. Wilkinson began his career as a political risk consultant at EMPRA in Mexico City, where he advised multinational and diplomatic clients on security and political risks. In 2018, he helped launch Advanced Intelligence Solutions (AIS), a risk analysis firm dedicated to public security research in Latin America. A native of New York, Wilkinson has a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Latin American Studies from Occidental College in Los Angeles.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
