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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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07th January 20213D-Printed Guns, Untraceable Firearms, and Domestic Violent Extremist ActorsJonathan Lewis
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17th December 2020‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 CrisisJakob Guhl
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15th December 2020Claiming and Glorifying Environmental Terrorism Online: The Case of PKK’s ‘Children of Fire Initiative’Dr. Kamil Yilmaz
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14th December 2020After Christchurch: Mapping Online Right-Wing ExtremistsLise Waldek, Dr. Brian Ballsun-Stanton, Dr. Julian Droogan
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09th December 2020Praising Jihadist Attacks on TikTok and the Challenge of Protecting Youths From Online ExtremismDr. Hugo Micheron
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07th December 2020Assessing the Impact of U.S. Presidential Election Results on Extreme Right-Wing Mobilisation OnlineDr. Ryan Scrivens, Dr. George W. Burruss, Dr. Thomas J. Holt, Dr. Steven Chermak, Dr. Joshua D. Freilich, Dr. Richard Frank
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03rd December 2020Why Academic Struggles Over Words MatterProf. Hanna Pfeifer, Dr. Regine Schwab, Clara-Auguste Süß