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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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29th November 2022Fanning the Flames of Hate: The Transnational Diffusion of Online Anti-LGBT+ Rhetoric and Offline MobilisationSamuel Ritholtz, Anita Gohdes and Allison Koh
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23rd November 2022Cranking Out Violence: Conspiracies are Driving More Politically-Motivated AttacksErica Barbarossa and Isabela Bernardo
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10th November 2022‘All my Heroes are Dead’: The Untimely Demise of The American Futurist – James Mason PartnershipDr Bethan Johnson
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09th November 2022The Role of Perceived Injustice and Need for Esteem on Incel Membership OnlineBrenna Helm and Roberta Liggett O'Malley
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26th October 2022Ideological Leaderless Resistance in the Digital AgeJacob Ware and Cleary Waldo
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14th October 2022The Bratislava Attacks: Insights from the Shooter’s ManifestoHannah Rose
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04th October 2022Nihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential DangersSammie Wicks