Contextual
Resources
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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05th February 2021Assessing Attempts at Removing German Far-Right Conspiracy Content in the Aftermath of Trump’s PresidencyInga Trauthig
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21st January 2021Alt-Tech and Online Organising After the Capitol RiotsJordan McSwiney, Greta Jasser, Dominik Hammer
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11th January 2021From #ArsonEmergency to #DanLiedPeopleDied: How Extremist Messaging Co-Opts Emergency Events on the Australian TwittersphereDr. Timothy Graham
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02nd November 2020From ShamiWitness to QMap: The Movement of ‘One’ in Online RadicalisationKabir Taneja
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05th October 2020Conspiracy Extremism and Digital Complexity – Where to Start?Elise Thomas
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24th September 2020Increased Visibility of Far-Right Movements in Australia During the COVID-19 PandemicSamaya Borom
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