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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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18th June 2025Nascent Adoption: Emerging Tech Trends by Terrorists in Afghanistan and PakistanRueben Dass and Abdul Basit
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10th June 2025Mapping the Money Trail: The Evolution of Terrorist Financing Networks in IndonesiaJose Akmal
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05th June 2025Guns by Drone: The Rise of Drone-Assisted Firearm Smuggling on Israel’s Southern BorderDr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage
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30th May 2025Inside Boko Haram’s Wallet: Digital Pathways to Terrorist Financing in NigeriaAbraham Ename Minko
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27th May 2025Inside the Philippine Falangist Front: Online Communities as Enablers of Far-Right Extremism in Southeast AsiaSaddiq Basha
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14th May 2025Cash Flow: Breaking Down the Houthis’ Multibillion-Dollar Financial NetworksAdam Rousselle
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07th May 2025IS Wilayah Somalia: Digital Propaganda and Strategy Against the Puntland and its Foreign AlliesMona Thakkar
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29th April 2025Mali’s Environmental Crisis: The Link Between Climate Change and JNIM’s Rapid ExpansionAdam Rousselle
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28th April 2025From Climate Hoax to Hate: The Overlap Between Climate Denial and White Supremacy on Spanish TikTokUrszula Mrozowska