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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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Ideology
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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25th November 2020Upvoting Extremism: Collective Identity Formation and the Extreme Right on RedditTiana Gaudette, Dr. Ryan Scrivens, Dr. Garth Davies, Dr. Richard Frank
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20th November 2020Cyberwar on Twitter: Cyber-Vigilantes vs Islamic StateDr. Valentine Crosset
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06th November 2020Social Media and the Murder of Samuel PatyLaurence Bindner, Raphael Gluck
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03rd November 2020Linear Relationships Between Islamic State’s Extent of Territorial Control and its Visual Messaging CampaignDr. Carol Winkler
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02nd November 2020From ShamiWitness to QMap: The Movement of ‘One’ in Online RadicalisationKabir Taneja
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29th October 2020What’s in a Meme? The Rise of “Saint Kyle”Hampton Stall, David Foran, Hari Prasad