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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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13th April 2023Violent Assemblages: Rethinking Screens, Media, and Lone Wolf TerrorismManfredi Pozzoli
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04th April 2023Terrorist Bots: How Islamic State has Automated Management of its Online Community on TelegramAbdullah Alrhmoun, János Kertész and Charlie Winter
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22nd February 2023Duelling Narratives of Vitality and Victimhood on Right-Wing TikTok: Exploring the #Pureblood TrendMeghan Conroy and Abbie Richaards
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08th February 2023From Atari to Allahu Akbar: Comparing White Supremacist and Jihadist Uses of Gamified ExtremismFiras Mahmoud
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06th February 2023God of Race War: The Utilisation of Viking-Themed Video Games in Far-Right PropagandaAshton Kingdon
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30th January 2023More Than Just Pretty Pictures: A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Far-Right Extremist ‘Reaction’ Usage on FacebookJade Hutchinson and Dr. Julian Droogan
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12th January 2023Offline and Online Gender-Based Violence: Extremism Risk Assessment Tools and the Rise of the Incel RebellionEsli Chan
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21st December 2022‘Tis the Season to Sell Extremism: Far-Right Christmas Ads and the Parallel EconomyDr. Bethan Johnson
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