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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25th February 2026Extremist Nasheeds: Emerging Subcultures and the Cultivation of Radical Online Communities in Southeast AsiaNurrisha Ismail
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19th January 2026The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Understanding Hybrid Radicalisation and Transnational Online SubculturesNodirbek Soliev
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16th January 2026Testing Resilience: Can the Proposed EU Drone Wall Defend Against Extremist Actors?Nina Kurt
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22nd December 2025Cosplaying Columbine: How Memetic Violence Transformed Southeast Asia's Extremist ThreatMunira Mustaffa
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20th November 2025Space Tech and Terrorism: Satellite Imagery and GPS-Guided Drones in TTP PropagandaAkash Shah
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14th November 2025From TechHaven to Telegram: How Latin American Youth Are Being Drawn into Jihadist NetworksMaria Zuppello
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12th November 2025Echoes of Resistance: Mapping Geuzenbond and its Latest Plot in the NetherlandsPaola Testa
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03rd November 2025Climate Catastrophe: Militants’ Manipulation of Climate Narratives in PakistanImtiaz Baloch
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