Contextual
Resources

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.

  • 08th November 2023
    ‘Yup, Another Far-right Classic’: The Propagation of Far-right Content on TikTok in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines
    Jonathan Suseno Sarwono
  • 06th November 2023
    A Revival of Online Terror Propaganda Ecosystems in Afghanistan and Pakistan
    Kabir Taneja
  • 27th October 2023
    The Evolution of Indian Left-Wing Extremism in the Digital Era: Tactics, Impact, and Counter Strategy
    Devika Shanker-Grandpierre
  • 17th October 2023
    Challenges and Considerations in Countering Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviours in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Narcisse Mbunzama
  • 16th October 2023
    Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviours and Conflict Amplification in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Narcisse Mbunzama
  • 11th October 2023
    The Online Space as a Catalyst for Radicalisation in North Macedonia
    Bledar Feta and Ioannis Armakolas
  • 06th October 2023
    3D-Printed Weapons and the Far-Right: The Finnish Accelerationist Cell
    Rueben Dass
  • 29th September 2023
    Unmasking Islamophobic Disinformation in the Aftermath of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Attack
    Charani Patabendige
  • 22nd September 2023
    From British Imperialism to ‘Globohomo’: Analysing the Irish Far-Right’s Engagement with Irish Nationalism on Telegram
    Joshua Molloy

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