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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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02nd November 2020From ShamiWitness to QMap: The Movement of ‘One’ in Online RadicalisationKabir Taneja
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29th October 2020What’s in a Meme? The Rise of “Saint Kyle”Hampton Stall, David Foran, Hari Prasad
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21st October 2020Revisiting the Ecosystem of Islamic State’s ‘Virtual Caliphate’Michael Krona
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21st September 2020Part 2: Algorithmic Agency in Online Extremism: The Bigger PictureDr. Yvonne Jazz Rowa
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18th September 2020Striking Similarities Between Islamist Terrorism and Violent Right-Wing ExtremismFriederike Wegener
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17th September 2020No Child’s Play: The Identitarian Movement’s ‘Patriotic’ Video GameLinda Schlegel
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15th September 2020Part 1: Algorithmic Deconstruction in the Context of Online ExtremismDr. Yvonne Jazz Rowa
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14th September 2020An Insider Perspective: What the Internet Means to UK JihadistsDr. Elizabeth Pearson