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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14th November 2025From TechHaven to Telegram: How Latin American Youth Are Being Drawn into Jihadist NetworksMaria Zuppello
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12th November 2025Echoes of Resistance: Mapping Geuzenbond and its Latest Plot in the NetherlandsPaola Testa
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03rd November 2025Climate Catastrophe: Militants’ Manipulation of Climate Narratives in PakistanImtiaz Baloch
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07th October 2025‘The Generation of ‘Digital Natives’: How Far-Right Extremists Target Australian Youth Online for Radicalisation and Recruitment’Michaela Rana
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05th September 2025Beyond Hawala: Emerging Online Financing Trends Among South Asian Violent Extremist Groups in 2025Ashreet Acharya
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03rd September 2025Building Digital Trust: Youth-Led Tech Solutions to Prevent Extremism in the Horn of AfricaAbraham Ename Minko
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20th August 2025Spreading Fire: Arson, Social Media, and the Violent Extreme-Right in IrelandAnonymous Author
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04th August 2025The Shadow War in Balochistan: ISKP Weaponises Digital Land to Gain InfluenceImtiaz Baloch