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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
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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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18th January 2022Tracing Extremist Platform Migration on the Darkweb: Lessons for DeplatformingBluth Crawford
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10th January 2022Youth-on-Youth Extreme-Right Recruitment on Mainstream Social Media PlatformsHannah Rose A C
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20th December 2021Online Radicalisation: Moving Beyond a Simple DichotomyJoe Whittaker, Chamin Herath
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14th December 2021The Role of the Internet in the Radicalisation of Extreme-Right Lone ActorsGuri Mølmen
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07th December 2021Webmasters of Hate: Right-Wing Extremists Are Getting Smarter OnlineKessa White
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16th November 2021Video Games, Extremism and Terrorism: A Literature SurveySam Andrews and Joshua Skoczylis
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12th November 2021Remaining and Expanding or Surviving and Adapting? Extremist Platform Migration and Adaptation StrategiesMeili Criezis
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09th November 2021Extremist Experimentation with Text-Based Instant Messaging ApplicationsBennett Clifford