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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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26th July 2023Fanboys or the Frontline?: How al-Shabaab’s Social Media Influencers are Controlling the NarrativeGeorgia Gilroy
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28th June 2023Understanding Fashwave: The Alt-Right’s Ever-Evolving Media StrategyLogan Macnair
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23rd June 2023Terrorist Platform Migration: The Move to Smaller, Less Regulated Online SpacesScott N Romaniuk, Amparo Pamela H Fabe and Debasish Nandy
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19th June 2023Break the Chain: Manifestos, Lone Wolf Terrorism, and the Nashville ShootingManfredi Pozzoli
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16th June 2023‘Arktos 2.0’: Deplatforming and Digital Innovation in Far-Right PublishingKye Allen
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14th June 2023Remove Kebab: The Transnational Circulation of Far-Right Memes and The Memory of the Yugoslav WarsKatarina Ristić
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07th June 2023‘RedPilled AI’: A New Weapon for Online Radicalisation on 4chanDaniel Siegel