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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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.

  • 03rd June 2020
    The Digital Fight Against Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
    Rida Lyammouri, Youssef Eddazi
  • 26th May 2020
    The Internet and Lone Wolf Terrorism in India
    Kabir Taneja, Prithvi Iyer
  • 21st May 2020
    How the Far-Right Uses Memes in Online Warfare
    Friederike Wegener
  • 14th May 2020
    Early Warning? Opportunities And Limits Of Automated Internet Monitoring
    Dr. Robert Pelzer
  • 07th May 2020
    The Gift of the Gab: The Utilisation of COVID-19 for Neo-Nazi Recruitment
    Ashton Kingdon
  • 06th May 2020
    Remembering Toronto: Two Years Later, Incel Terrorism Threat Lingers
    Jacob Ware, Bruce Hoffman, Ezra Shapiro
  • 04th May 2020
    The Risks of a Telegram Crypto-Wallet
    Andrew Mines
  • 29th April 2020
    Jihadactivist
    Raffaello Pantucci
  • 23rd April 2020
    The Amalgamation of Virtuality and Reality in Radicalisation Processes
    Manjana Sold

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