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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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10th September 2020Digital Resiliency and OPSEC Strategies Amongst Clandestine NetworksDr. Michael Loadenthal
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19th August 2020Militant Group Attacks Types and Shifts in Media CampaignsDr. Carol Winkler
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17th August 2020Terrorist e-Autobiographies: An Underexamined Form of Online Propaganda?Simon Copeland
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07th August 2020The Role of the Internet in Facilitating Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Right-Wing ExtremistsTiana Gaudette, Dr. Ryan Scrivens, Dr. Vivek Venkatesh
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23rd July 2020Plug-and-Play Propaganda: Understanding Production Quality in Atomwaffen Division VideosAshley Mattheis, Mark Robinson, Austin Blair
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13th July 2020Understanding the Online and Offline Dynamics of Terrorist PathwaysJoe Whittaker, Chamin Herath
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10th July 2020IS “Advisers”: How Online Jihadists Guided European Volunteers to SyriaDr. Hugo Micheron