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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Europe
Ukraine
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.
Europe
Looking at Europe, insights contextualize online violent extremism as well as related legislation in both continental and country specific ways. Relevant research touches on overarching EU legislation, such as the GDPR, along with the impact it has across EU countries as well as to the tech sector. Additionally, there has been country specific research on extremist group trends such as French Islamist extremist activity online, German identitarian movements, and the recent shift in far-right groups in the U.K, among others.
Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has showcased the ways in which geopolitical events intersect with online spaces. The invasion of Ukraine has had an impact on extremism online, from the far-right’s use of the war to further radicalize audiences, to Islamic State accounts using ‘war-updates’ as a way to boost their online popularity and overall presence. Additionally, it has been used by certain groups to revive anti-semitic conspiracy theories and holocost denial.
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14th April 2022How the European Far Right is Using Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Radicalise its AudienceClaire Burchett and James Barth
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07th April 2022Zelenskyy, ‘Denazification’ and the Redirection of Holocaust VictimhoodHannah Rose
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