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.
Latin America
Analyzing trends in Latin America, insights contextualize online violent extremism in both continental and country specific ways. Relevant research touches on the overall understanding of online extremism in Latin America along with continent-wide trends in the face of specific events such as COVID-19. Additionally, there has been a focus on country specific extremist group trends such as Mexican cartels’ use of social media, and the significance and use of cryptocurrencies in criminal enterprises across El Salvador.
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10th February 2025Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global NetworksRicardo Cabral Penteado
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22nd November 2024Terrorgram and Youth Radicalisation: Understanding Brazil’s Online Extremist LandscapeSofia Schurig
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17th June 2024Friend of the Locals, Enemy of the State: The Social Media Presence of Comando VermelhoLucas Almeida
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06th March 2024The Ultimate Game: What We Learned from Mobilising Gamers During Brazil’s ElectionsMariana Ribeiro and Court Williams
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04th March 2024‘Why Not Bring Weapons to School?’: How TikTok’s Algorithms Contribute to a Culture of Violence in Brazilian SchoolsBeatriz Buarque
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23rd January 2023The Brazilian Far-Right and the Path to January 8thOdilon Caldeira Neto
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04th November 2022Social Media, Conspiracies, and Brazil’s Presidential TransitionAlexis Henshaw
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13th June 2022The Rise of Narco-Terrorism in the Age of the InternetDr. Chamila Liyanage
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25th April 2022‘Gender Ideology’ and the Intersectional Politics of the Far-Right in Latin AmericaPaulo Ravecca