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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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06th April 2020Cumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative EscalationDr. William Allchorn
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03rd April 2020“War Isn’t Hell; It’s Entertainment“: The Potential Role of Video Games in Radicalisation ProcessesLinda Schlegel
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19th March 2020How Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia’s Message Framing Primed Its Members To Become Recruits For The Islamic StateAaron Zelin
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26th February 2020How Terrorists Use the Internet for Weapons and Component ProcurementJessica Davis
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17th February 2020Points, Rankings & Raiding the Sorcerer’s Dungeon: Top-down and Bottom-up Gamification of Radicalisation and Extremist ViolenceLinda Schlegel
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