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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Social Media
Platform & Product Type/Focus
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.
Social Media
As some of the most user facing and interactive platforms online, social media sites have been at the forefront of tracking violent extremist and terrorist trends online. Relevant research focusing on social media presents useful explorations of specific platforms.
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23rd May 2022Examining Incel Subculture on RedditBrenna Helm, Dr. Ryan Scrivens, Dr. Thomas J. Holt, Dr. Steven Chermak and Dr. Richard Frank
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03rd May 2022Videogames, Twitter and Far-Right Extremism: An Analysis of Twitter Hashtag NetworksSam Andrews and Joshua Skoczylis
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24th February 2022Communication Technologies, Conspiracies, and Disinformation in Latin America: COVID-19 and BeyondDr. Alexis Henshaw
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10th January 2022Youth-on-Youth Extreme-Right Recruitment on Mainstream Social Media PlatformsHannah Rose A C
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14th June 2021The Darker Side of Social: QAnon Instagram Comments Before the Capitol RiotsSara Aniano
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21st April 2021Koo: India’s Latest Local Social Media PlatformPrithvi Iyer and Kabir Taneja
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30th March 2021Alternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on TelegramLydia Khalil