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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24th February 2022Communication Technologies, Conspiracies, and Disinformation in Latin America: COVID-19 and BeyondDr. Alexis Henshaw
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18th February 2022Crowdfunding and Protest Financing: Emergency Law in CanadaJessica Davis
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25th January 2022The EU Nuclear Option and the Potential for a Recrudescence of Anti-Nuclear ViolenceMauro Lubrano
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10th January 2022Youth-on-Youth Extreme-Right Recruitment on Mainstream Social Media PlatformsHannah Rose A C
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03rd January 2022Examining the Denver Shooter’s Ideological ViewsMatthew Kriner, H.E. Upchurch, W. Aaron
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16th December 2021Towards a Truly Post-Organisational UK Far Right? The Usefulness of a Newly Emergent ConceptDr. William Allchorn
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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