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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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The internet is not a homogenous space. There is significant variation in what platforms or tools online do, and subsequently an equally significant variation in how a platform might be exploited and the signal available to a platform to detect such exploitation. Experts continue to track the different types of platforms and tools being exploited by terrorists and violent extremist, looking at how and why a group or individual might use a product. While some platforms are more global in usage, others are specific to trends in regions or particular types of violent extremist groups.
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27th March 2025The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNoteGuy Fiennes
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06th February 20253D2A: The Second Amendment, 3D Printed Guns and Memed AccelerationismAnonymous Author
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27th January 2025Droning On: The Response to Use of Drones by Domestic Violent ExtremistsJonathan Lewis and Luke Baumgartner
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22nd January 2025E-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on AmazonJoseph Stabile
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16th January 2025From Soundtracks to Side Quests: How Terrorist and Extremist Games Use Mainstream Platforms to Evade Detection and Draw UsersGalen Englund and Emily Thompson
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08th January 2025Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm MovementDr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage and Zoltán Füredi
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18th December 2024Dark Signals: The Growing Threat of Satellite Internet in Extremist NetworksGaetano Sicolo
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16th December 2024Telegram Homeschooling: Maintaining A Salafi-Jihadist Oriented Echo ChamberMeili Criezis
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15th November 2024In Tune with Danger: Understanding Extremist Content on Audio Platforms in BrazilRicardo Cabral Penteado