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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09th August 2021Digital Misogynoir and White Supremacy: What Black Feminist Theory Can Teach Us About Far Right ExtremismAlexandria Onuoha
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30th July 2021Safety vs Security: An Asymmetrical Opportunity for RWE in AustraliaDr. Teagan Westendorf
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29th July 2021The Race War May No Longer Be Digitised: James Mason’s Designation as a Terrorist Entity in CanadaDr. Bethan Johnson and Professor Matthew Feldman
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21st July 2021Schrems II and the Future of 3rd Party Security Service Access to Data From the UKDr. Victoria McCloud
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08th July 2021Current and Emerging Threats by Violent Extremists: Results of the Online CENS Expert SurveyJoseph Franco
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22nd June 2021Creating a New Space for French Revolutionary Nationalists on the InternetDamien Saverot
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21st June 2021Far-Right in the Global South: Adapting and Applying Tech Policies LocallyDr. Eviane Leidig
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16th June 2021Stopping Terrorist Violence, One Cellphone Shutdown at a TimeFatima Mustafa