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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08th December 2021The Sudden Rise of Indian Tech Platforms: Are they Prepared for the Challenge of Online Extremism?Kabir Taneja, Trisha Ray
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23rd November 2021American Interest in Global Jihad – A Google Trend AnalysisDr. Antoine Jardin
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08th October 2021“Digital Soldier Reporting for Duty”: Far-Right Reactions to Major App OutagesSara Aniano
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04th October 2021Between Real and Virtual: Far-Right Mobilisation Strategies in Eastern EuropeDr. Manuela Caiani
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29th September 2021Exposing Terror, Building Resilience: Harnessing Citizen Journalists and Social Media to Confront TerrorismOmar Mohammed
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27th September 2021Using Text Analysis to Visualise a Neo-Nazi Leadership ChangeDr. Gerard Gill
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23rd September 2021From Direct Action to Terrorism: Canadian Radical Right Narratives and Counter-Narratives at a Time of VolatilityDr. William Allchorn
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11th August 2021The ‘4M Way’ to Promoting Alternative Narratives to Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim MindanaoDr. Kumar Ramakrishna, Dr. Yusuf Roque Santos Morales and Sheryl Renomeron-Morales