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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15th January 2024Kenya’s Twin Burden: Balancing the Security of Tech Infrastructure Against its Role in Online ExtremismFredrick Ogenga
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22nd December 2023Pro-Taliban Media Campaign Highlights Regional Threats to Afghanistan’s NeighboursAdam Rousselle
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21st December 2023The Vitalisation of Hindu Nationalism in Nepal and Social Media as a Tool of Pro-Hindutva Propaganda OverseasJoshua Bowes
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07th December 2023The Woman Question in Online Extremism and P/CVE in Kenya: Toward a New Gendered ApproachMiraji Mohamed
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01st December 2023How Women-Led CSOs are Leveraging I-KHUB Technology for Gender-Driven Prevention Efforts in IndonesiaIrine Gayatri
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08th November 2023‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the PhilippinesJonathan Suseno Sarwono
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06th November 2023A Revival of Online Terror Propaganda Ecosystems in Afghanistan and PakistanKabir Taneja
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27th October 2023The Evolution of Indian Left-Wing Extremism in the Digital Era: Tactics, Impact, and Counter StrategyDevika Shanker-Grandpierre
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17th October 2023Challenges and Considerations in Countering Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviours in the Democratic Republic of CongoNarcisse Mbunzama