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Vidhya Ramalingam

Vidhya Ramalingam

Founder & CEO, Moonshot

Eradicate Hate:
2021, 2022, 2023

Vidhya Ramalingam is Founder and CEO of Moonshot, an organization that uses technology to disrupt and counter online harms globally.  She directs overall strategy and oversees campaigns, software development and digital projects in over 25 countries.  Under her leadership, Moonshot has pioneered new partnerships with tech companies to respond to hate and violent extremism on their platforms, online intervention programs to pull individuals out of violent movements, and the use of automated messaging to disrupt hate groups online.  Ramalingam is recognized internationally for her role leading policy responses to white supremacist extremism and terrorism.  Following the 2011 attacks in Norway, she led the European Union’s first inter-governmental initiative on white supremacist terrorism and extremism, initiated by the Governments of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, and launched by the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs.  She regularly advises Big Tech and Heads of State on tackling white supremacy online, including recently the Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Norway.  She has testified before the U.S. Congress on the global threat posed by white supremacist terrorism.  Ramalingam also serves on the Board of Life After Hate, an organization set up by former white supremacists to help individuals leave hate groups.  In 2020, she was named an Obama Leader by the Obama Foundation.

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The Eradicate Hate Global Summit brings together scholars, practitioners, civil society organizations, and policymakers from around the world to share best practices and lessons learned, based on data and empirical evidence, in countering hate-fueled extremism and violent narratives. No other summit, conference, or workshop brings together such an extraordinary group of world-class talent focused on dealing with the issue of hate-fueled violent extremism.

Colin Clarke
Colin Clarke Policy & Research Director, The Soufan Group