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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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.

  • 06th February 2025
    3D2A: The Second Amendment, 3D Printed Guns and Memed Accelerationism
    Anonymous Author
  • 27th January 2025
    Droning On: The Response to Use of Drones by Domestic Violent Extremists
    Jonathan Lewis and Luke Baumgartner
  • 22nd January 2025
    E-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on Amazon
    Joseph Stabile
  • 16th January 2025
    From Soundtracks to Side Quests: How Terrorist and Extremist Games Use Mainstream Platforms to Evade Detection and Draw Users
    Galen Englund and Emily Thompson
  • 08th January 2025
    Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement
    Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage and Zoltán Füredi
  • 18th December 2024
    Dark Signals: The Growing Threat of Satellite Internet in Extremist Networks
    Gaetano Sicolo
  • 16th December 2024
    Telegram Homeschooling: Maintaining A Salafi-Jihadist Oriented Echo Chamber
    Meili Criezis
  • 15th November 2024
    In Tune with Danger: Understanding Extremist Content on Audio Platforms in Brazil
    Ricardo Cabral Penteado
  • 06th November 2024
    Blocking the Blueprint: Technological Barriers Against 3D-Printed Firearms
    Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

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