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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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09th May 2022Differentiating Online Posting Behaviours of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing ExtremistsDr. Ryan Scrivens, Dr. Thomas W. Wojciechowski, Dr. Joshua D. Freilich, Dr. Steven Chermak and Dr. Richard Frank
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03rd May 2022Videogames, Twitter and Far-Right Extremism: An Analysis of Twitter Hashtag NetworksSam Andrews and Joshua Skoczylis
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25th April 2022‘Gender Ideology’ and the Intersectional Politics of the Far-Right in Latin AmericaPaulo Ravecca
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21st April 2022The Protocols of Antisemitism: Cross Ideological Fixation on “Jewish Power”Dani O
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14th April 2022How the European Far Right is Using Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Radicalise its AudienceClaire Burchett and James Barth
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12th April 2022The Taliban’s Trajectory in Securing Geographic, Electronic, and Geopolitical SanctuariesDr. Chamila Liyanage
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07th April 2022Zelenskyy, ‘Denazification’ and the Redirection of Holocaust VictimhoodHannah Rose
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05th April 2022From Orange to Red: An Assessment of the Dark MAGA Trend in Far-Right Online SpacesHampton Stall and Daniel Grober
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24th March 2022Examining Online Indicators of Extremism Among Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing ExtremistsRyan Scrivens