Contextual
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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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Regional Trends
While experts can point to overarching global trends in terrorism and violent extremism, we also know that there are significant regional and country-based variables in how these groups recruit, mobilize, propagandize, and coordinate attacks. There are also varying international trends in the types of platforms terrorists and violent extremists use in different parts of the world, their overarching aims and the ways their aims manifest online. GNET includes expert insights from academics and practitioners all over the world, feeding in the nuances and adversarial shifts they report on.
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30th October 2024Northern Spirits: Gamification and Youth Recruitment in the Nordic RegionPer-Albin Johansson
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28th October 2024In Sweden, a Domestic Troll Farm Tests DemocracyStephen Blinder and Jacob Ware
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16th October 2024Wagner PMC Recruitment: The Strategic Link Between Combat Sports and Online PropagandaFederico Borgonovo and Giulia Porrino
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16th September 2024Beyond Borders: Mitigating Online Risks and Reciprocal Violence in the Bangladesh ProtestsDevika Shanker-Grandpierre
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11th September 2024Deep Fakes, Deeper Impacts: AI’s Role in the 2024 Indian General Election and BeyondAnadi
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09th August 2024Española: Russia’s Far-Right Hooligan Militia and Its Online ActivitiesPeter Smith and Alec Bertina
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31st July 2024‘Islamic Republic of France’: AI and the Spreading of Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories Around the French Parliamentary ElectionsPiotr Marczynski
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09th July 2024The Hate Ministries: Far-Right Social Media Extremism in Argentina and BraziAriel Goldstein
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27th June 2024ISKP’s Latest Campaign: Expanded Propaganda and External OperationsDr. Colin Clarke, Lucas Webber and Peter Smith