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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08th August 2022Al Qa’ida and Islamic State Supporter Reactions to Zawahiri’s DeathMeili Criezis
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03rd August 2022Mass Shooterism and the Need for Online Interventions and Bystander ResourcesMoonshot Team
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28th July 2022The Writing on the (Facebook) Wall: A Revised Assessment of Posting and Support for Violence by Pro-Rittenhouse Meme CreatorsHampton Stall and Hari Prasad
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13th July 2022Ideological Nihilism and Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial SubculturesSimon Purdue
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01st July 2022The Buffalo Attack – Insights From the Suspected Terrorist’s DiaryLaurence Bindner and Raphael Gluck
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28th June 2022Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and Targeted Online Propaganda Around India’s Domestic Political DiscourseKabir Taneja
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