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Building a genocide monitoring and alert system is one of 16 top ideas shortlisted by Google’s ‘10 to the 100‘ initiative, after reviewing more than 150,000 ideas submitted by people in 172 countries. Google will give $10 million to organisations in the best position to help implement the five ideas that receive the most votes by Thursday 8 October.

The alert system is introduced as follows: “Much of the necessary technology and data-gathering methodology already exists both for general crisis mapping and for early warning systems capable of preventing mass atrocities. A key remaining step is to make this data more widely available to strengthen international aid agency coordination, improve resource allocation, develop timely policy and help evaluate current humanitarian practices.”

Early warning is a crucial component of an effective prevention strategy. Pooling and making available relevant information from diverse sources would lay the foundation for more credible, independently verifiable assessments and timely decision making by UN and regional bodies. It might also help people in  societies at risk to evaluate their own situation and judge their best course of action.

So please take a look at all the ideas, vote now, and pass on some news about this rare opportunity to help change the world in a few seconds and a couple of clicks.