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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06th November 2020Social Media and the Murder of Samuel PatyLaurence Bindner, Raphael Gluck
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29th October 2020What’s in a Meme? The Rise of “Saint Kyle”Hampton Stall, David Foran, Hari Prasad
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27th October 2020Digital Dunes and Shrublands: A Comparative Introduction to the Sahelian Jihadi Propaganda EcosystemHéni Nsaibia, Rida Lyammouri
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19th October 2020French Jihadism on the Internet: A Quantitative OverviewDr. Antoine Jardin
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12th October 2020Macron’s Plan for Fighting Islamist Radicalisation – OfflineDr. Julian Junk, Clara-Auguste Süß
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07th October 2020A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Right-Wing Extremist Facebook Group PagesJade Hutchinson
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02nd October 2020Toxic #Cybercampaigns: The Muslim Cyber Army versus Militant PluralismJennifer Yang Hui, Jordan Newton