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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30th March 2021Alternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on TelegramLydia Khalil
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15th March 2021Leaving the World of ‘Impiety’: French Salafi Settlers in MauritaniaBrune Descamps
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08th March 2021Dars and Madrassas: Remnants of a Lost Pedagogy that has Advanced onto the Cyber RealmSyeda Iqraa Bukhari
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05th March 2021Turning the Tap Off: The Impacts of Social Media Shutdown After Sri Lanka’s Easter AttacksDr. Amarnath Amarasingam, Rukshana Rizwie
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03rd March 2021Selfie and Siege: Women’s Social Media Footprint and the US Capitol Hill SiegeDevorah Margolin, Chelsea Daymon