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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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10th January 2022Youth-on-Youth Extreme-Right Recruitment on Mainstream Social Media PlatformsHannah Rose A C
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06th January 2022QAnon and Beyond: Analysing QAnon Trends a Year After January 6thMarc-André Argentino, Sara Aniano
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03rd January 2022Examining the Denver Shooter’s Ideological ViewsMatthew Kriner, H.E. Upchurch, W. Aaron
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20th December 2021Online Radicalisation: Moving Beyond a Simple DichotomyJoe Whittaker, Chamin Herath
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16th December 2021Towards a Truly Post-Organisational UK Far Right? The Usefulness of a Newly Emergent ConceptDr. William Allchorn
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14th December 2021The Role of the Internet in the Radicalisation of Extreme-Right Lone ActorsGuri Mølmen
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07th December 2021Webmasters of Hate: Right-Wing Extremists Are Getting Smarter OnlineKessa White
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30th November 2021Understanding the Internet Propaganda Campaign of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-Affiliated Ebaa News AgencyMiron Lakomy
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26th November 2021Censoring Extremism: Impact of Takedowns on Islamic State VisualsKayla McMinimy and Ayse Lokmanoglu