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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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09th April 2026Francoism Online: Neo-Fascism, Memes, and Historical Revisionism in SpainUrszula Mrozowska
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01st April 2026Operation Herof-2: BLA Propaganda, Female Fighters, and Virality on TikTokImtiaz Baloch
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04th March 2026Spain’s New Neo-Nazi Networks: ‘Remigration’ and Radicalisation OnlineUrszula Mrozowska
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02nd March 2026Silent Recruitment: Extremist Child Targeting on Messaging Platforms in IndonesiaOrisa Shinta and Didik Novi Rahmanto
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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