Contextual
Resources
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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CT Efforts/Positive Interventions
Counter-Narrative
CT Efforts/Positive Interventions
Counterterrorism and counter-extremism campaigns and interventions online have evolved in recent years. These efforts aim to intervene in processes of radicalization, deplatform known extremist networks, redirect users to counterspeech content and positive alternatives, or direct users to resources that can help them disengage from violent extremist networks. International academics have been evolving the intervention space to discuss measurement and evaluation of these campaigns and programs, as well as looking to the future in assessing where interventions can evolve and innovate.
Counter-Narrative
Counter-narratives are a positive intervention that responds to, counters or provides positive alternatives to a hate-based extremist message or activity online. While advances have been made, there is room for further monitoring and evaluation to accurately establish the effectiveness and impact of these efforts. Some research has shows that counter-narratives may be effective by addressing the communicative nature of extreme propaganda. GIFCT has also supported Positive Intervention Working Group themes to advance the mapping of global counter-narrative efforts and advance measurement and evaluation tactics.
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17th May 2022Why Do Online Countering Violent Extremism Strategies Not Work? The Case of Digital JihadMiron Lakomy
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07th February 2022Creating Digital Narrative Worlds: The Promises of Transmedia Storytelling for P/CVE Narrative CampaignsLinda Schlegel
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29th September 2021Exposing Terror, Building Resilience: Harnessing Citizen Journalists and Social Media to Confront TerrorismOmar Mohammed
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23rd September 2021From Direct Action to Terrorism: Canadian Radical Right Narratives and Counter-Narratives at a Time of VolatilityDr. William Allchorn
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11th August 2021The ‘4M Way’ to Promoting Alternative Narratives to Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim MindanaoDr. Kumar Ramakrishna, Dr. Yusuf Roque Santos Morales and Sheryl Renomeron-Morales
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26th July 2021When Counter-Speech Backfires: The Pitfalls of Strategic Online InteractionMaik Fielitz and Holger Marcks
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18th January 2021Redpill the “Parler Refugees”: White Supremacist Strategies for Radicalising Trump Supporters on TelegramMeili Criezis
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18th November 2020Offline Meets Online: A Fused Messaging Ecosystem in Response to Violent Extremism in MindanaoExan Sharief, Joseph Franco