Contextual
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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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28th May 2021The Boogaloo Movement, Coded Communication and the Need for Context-Based ModerationStoryful
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25th May 2021Mapping the Turkestan Islamic Party’s Online Propaganda NetworksMiron Lakomy
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24th May 2021Polarisation and the Pandemic: The Alternative für Deutschland’s Narration of COVID-19 on TwitterChamin Herath, Dr. Suraj Lakhani, Dr. Lella Nouri, Anna Pingen and Dr. Kamil Yilmaz
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19th May 2021The Digital Transformations of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State in the Battle Against Online PropagandaHéni Nsaibia and Rida Lyammouri
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13th May 2021Examining Online Indicators of Extremism in Violent Right-Wing Extremist ForumsDr. Ryan Scrivens, Amanda Isabel Osuna, Dr. Steven Chermak, Michael Whitney, and Dr. Richard Frank
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07th May 2021Online Jihadist Chants: An Access Point for Incitement of ViolenceEl Mostafa Rezrazi and Brahim Essafi
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06th May 2021"I will never forget this for as long as I live”: Social Learning at the Capitol Hill SiegeDanielle Carrier, Ilana Krill and Andrew Mines
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29th April 2021QAnon Women in Politics Part Two: QAnon CareersBlyth Crawford and Marc-André Argentino