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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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Tactical Exploitation of Online Services
Online terrorism and violent extremism comes in many forms and platforms are equally exploited in a variety of ways. Terrorist and violent extremist groups and individuals, like average users, use a mixture of platforms to further their aims. This cross-platform approach facilitates in storing content, holding private or confidential conversations, e-commerce for buying and selling goods as well as fundraising, recruitment, and the amplification of propaganda and messaging to the public. These signals, trends and adversarial shifts around this exploitation are highlighted by global experts.
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07th April 2026Propaganda as Financial Infrastructure: How Islamic State and al-Qaeda Media Ecosystems Enable Terrorist FinanceAdam Rousselle
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30th March 2026Operation Ghost Protocol: Infrastructure-Level Evasion in Islamic State Supporter EcosystemsMuskan Sangwan
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23rd March 2026Al-Qaeda’s Cyber Jihad Movement: Plugging into Iran’s Wartime Hacktivist EcosystemDaria Alexe
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13th March 2026Operation Herof-2: How Hakkal Media Weaponised the BLA’s Narrative OnlineRahim Nasar
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05th March 2026From Generative AI to Crypto Exchanges: The Infrastructure Behind the GOYIM TokenLiram Koblentz-Stenzler
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26th February 2026An ‘Ode to Violence’: Extremist Exploitation of Viggle AISilvano Rizieri Lucini, Alessandra Pugnana and Grazia Ludovica Giardini
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20th February 2026Warning Behaviours for Right-Wing Violent Radicalisation on Online Platforms: Conceptual Challenges and Empirical FindingsDr. Robert Pelzer, Tobias Weidmann and Sina Weickgenannt
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11th February 2026From Confusion to Extremism: How Deepfakes Facilitate RadicalisationGeorgia Lala
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09th February 2026Telegram Stars: Exploring Micropayment Exploitation, Digital Goods and the Evolving Tactics of Terrorist FinancingLaurence Bindner and Raphael Gluck