Contextual
Resources

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.

  • 15th April 2021
    The Conversation between Salafi-Jihadists, the Hirak, and the Algerian State
    Sammie Wicks
  • 08th April 2021
    Online Behaviours – Real World Harms
    Leanne Close
  • 06th April 2021
    Male Supremacism, Borderline Content, and Gaps in Existing Moderation Efforts
    Ye Bin Wan and Jonathan Lewis
  • 30th March 2021
    Alternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on Telegram
    Lydia Khalil
  • 23rd March 2021
    Mexican Cartel Use of Social Media
    Dr. Robert Bunker
  • 22nd March 2021
    Cyber-Enabled Extremism in Australia
    Rachel Falk
  • 19th March 2021
    The Issue Isn’t Incels. It’s Racist Misogyny
    Dr. Julia DeCook
  • 18th March 2021
    Rhetoric of Hate: A Case Study in Anti-East Asian Bigotry
    Meili Criezis
  • 15th March 2021
    Leaving the World of ‘Impiety’: French Salafi Settlers in Mauritania
    Brune Descamps

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