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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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Tactical Exploitation of Online Services
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Tactical Exploitation of Online Services
Online terrorism and violent extremism comes in many forms and platforms are equally exploited in a variety of ways. Terrorist and violent extremist groups and individuals, like average users, use a mixture of platforms to further their aims. This cross-platform approach facilitates in storing content, holding private or confidential conversations, e-commerce for buying and selling goods as well as fundraising, recruitment, and the amplification of propaganda and messaging to the public. These signals, trends and adversarial shifts around this exploitation are highlighted by global experts.
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07th May 2021Online Jihadist Chants: An Access Point for Incitement of ViolenceEl Mostafa Rezrazi and Brahim Essafi
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30th March 2021Alternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on TelegramLydia Khalil
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26th March 2021Radicalisation and Recruitment Online in Times of COVID-19: The Pandemic as a Propaganda OpportunityYoussef Tobi
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23rd March 2021No Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of ChildrenFlora Khoo, William Brown
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