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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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30th January 2024Telegram’s Role in Amplifying Tehreek-e-Taliban’s Umar Media Propaganda and Sympathiser OutreachJoshua Bowes
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12th January 2024Channelling Protests: How Anti-Democratic Actors in Germany Mobilise via TelegramMaik Fielitz and Holger Marcks
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03rd January 2024Mapping Hindutva Discourse in India: Exploring ‘Love Jihad’ Narratives on XMohammad Amaan Siddiqui
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13th December 2023Exploit and Evade to Remain and Expand: The Cross-Platform Evasion Toolbox of Islamic State SupportersMoustafa Ayad
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08th December 2023Learning from the Leavers? The Promise (and Perils) of r/IncelExitAllysa Czerwinsky
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04th December 2023‘A Noble Muslimah Stays Home’: Piety Construction and Gendered Narratives among Young Indonesian Women on Instagram and TikTokNuri W Veronika
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16th August 2023Meta Terror?: The Threats and Challenges of the MetaverseDr. Gabriel Weimann
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13th July 2023Content Moderation Through Removal of Service: Content Delivery Networks and Extremist WebsitesSeán Looney
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26th June 2023Moms for Liberty: The Use of Facebook to Spread Far-Right Propaganda and Change Public School CurriculumDiana Wallens