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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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Ideologically motivated violent groups and movements take different forms in different parts of the world. In a post-9/11 framework, and particularly since the rise of ISIS, most terrorist studies and counter-extremism work have focussed on Islamist extremist groups. However, we also see modern trends of groups associated with white supremacy and neo-Naziism, misogyny-based violent extremist groups often referred to as being part of the “incel” community, far-left groups, and neo-nationalist groups such as the Hindutva movement and Buddhist extremist groups in Asia. Across international far-right violent extremist trends we see an increase in violence inducing conspiracy theory networks, including new trends revolving around anti-vaccination movements and even anti-5G movements that have an effect on technology companies.
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18th February 2026Group Dynamics in Far-Right Telegram Communities: A (Worthy) Challenge for Radicalisation ResearchUlrike Schwertberger, Simon Greipl and Diana Rieger
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26th January 2026The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Digital Rehearsal, Gaming Communities, and Youth Pathways to ViolenceHarrison Pates
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18th December 2025Participatory Memetic Violence: Legend, Ostension, and Ideologically Diffuse ViolenceJoe Ondrak and Laura Vitelli
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01st December 2025Fractures on the (Storm-)Front: Contesting the Role of Women in White SupremacyChristopher David and Marten Risius
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28th November 2025Back to Basics: 325 and the Renewed Critique of Technological CivilisationMauro Lubrano
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26th November 2025Intersectionality in the Incelosphere: Understanding the Racial Dimensions of Misogynistic ExtremismRyan Ratnam
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25th November 2025Sanctified Misogyny: The Use of Fundamentalist Sexual Narratives to Legitimise Incel IdeologyErin Stoner
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08th October 2025Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist ViolenceDr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage
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