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
Deplatforming
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.
Deplatforming
Deplatforming bans or removes extremist and/or terrorist networks from social media platforms. There is not a consistent approach across platforms when it comes to deplatforming. Research also suggests that deplatforming may vary between types of group as it may be more challenging to deplatform far-right groups than Islamist Extremist terrorist groups.
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30th July 2020Telegram’s anti-IS Campaign: Effectiveness, Perspectives, and Policy SuggestionsMeili Criezis
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02nd July 2020Banning Nazis or “Burning Books”? How Big Tech is Responding to Hate Speech, and the ImplicationsFlorence Keen
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