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Once a government or tech company develops a definition of terrorism or violent extremism, it can be difficult to know how to apply these definitions to the variety of ways that terrorism and violent extremism manifests internationally and across online spaces.
This section of the site aims to highlight contextual resources on themes related to applying definitions to the online space. GIFCT funds the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) to bring forward actionable insights from experts and practitioners around the world to better inform and give context to tech companies, governments, practitioners and other stakeholders in this field. Insights are curated here under context-based themes.
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Ideologically motivated violent groups and movements take different forms in different parts of the world. In a post-9/11 framework, and particularly since the rise of ISIS, most terrorist studies and counter-extremism work have focussed on Islamist extremist groups. However, we also see modern trends of groups associated with white supremacy and neo-Naziism, misogyny-based violent extremist groups often referred to as being part of the “incel” community, far-left groups, and neo-nationalist groups such as the Hindutva movement and Buddhist extremist groups in Asia. Across international far-right violent extremist trends we see an increase in violence inducing conspiracy theory networks, including new trends revolving around anti-vaccination movements and even anti-5G movements that have an effect on technology companies.
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19th October 2020French Jihadism on the Internet: A Quantitative OverviewDr. Antoine Jardin
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12th October 2020Macron’s Plan for Fighting Islamist Radicalisation – OfflineDr. Julian Junk, Clara-Auguste Süß
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09th October 2020Lessons for 2020 from the Islamic State Online FanclubDr. Elizabeth Pearson, Chantelle Davies
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07th October 2020A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Right-Wing Extremist Facebook Group PagesJade Hutchinson
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05th October 2020Conspiracy Extremism and Digital Complexity – Where to Start?Elise Thomas
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25th September 2020Geographically Contextualising Right-Wing Extremism for Tech Platforms: A Perspective From IndiaKabir Taneja , Maya Mirchandani
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24th September 2020Increased Visibility of Far-Right Movements in Australia During the COVID-19 PandemicSamaya Borom
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22nd September 2020Diaries of Female Jihadists Imprisoned in Al-Hol Camp: An AnalysisBrune Descamps