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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07th March 2025Mapping the Enemy, Mobilising the Future: Surveillance and Recruitment Strategies of Lakurawa Terror Group in NigeriaJohn Sunday Ojo
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19th February 2025Combating Islamic State Finance: Central Asia and Around the WorldAdam Rousselle
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18th February 2025Combating Islamic State Finance: West Africa and the SahelAdam Rousselle
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17th February 2025Combating the Islamic State Finance: Somalia and the Pan-African NexusAdam Rousselle
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10th February 2025Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global NetworksRicardo Cabral Penteado
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20th December 2024The Drones of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: The Development and Use of UAS in SyriaBroderick McDonald
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13th December 2024The Targeting of Ethnic Tajiks by Online Extremists: A Global ProblemAdam Rousselle
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09th December 2024Digital Warfare in Kashmir: Evolving Tactics of Insurgency in the RegionSpotlight Team - DataLEADS
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22nd November 2024Terrorgram and Youth Radicalisation: Understanding Brazil’s Online Extremist LandscapeSofia Schurig