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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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05th June 2023Fursan al-Tarjuma Carries the Torch of Islamic State’s Media JihadLucas Webber and Daniele Garofalo
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01st June 2023First-Person Propaganda, First-Person Shooters, and Gamification: A Different ViewSam Andrews
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31st May 2023Accelerationism Meets Gamification: A Look at the Convergence in the Framing of Online NarrativesPetra Regeni
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19th April 2023The Return of the Virtual ‘Caliphate’? Mapping the Evolution of the Islamic State’s Information EcosystemMiron Lakomy
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05th April 2023Terrorwave: The Aesthetics of Violence and Terrorist Imagery in Militant Accelerationist SubculturesJoshua Molloy
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20th February 2023Assessing the Impact of 3D-Printed Weapons on the Violent Extremist MilieuRueben Dass and Benjamin Mok
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17th February 2023Weapons of Mass Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and the Production of Extremist PropagandaDaniel Siegel and Mary Bennett Doty
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25th January 2023Political Outrage Machines: Exploring the Algorithms Structuring Conspiracy TikTokJustin Grandinetti
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20th December 2022How the Taliban is Building New Grey Areas for Global Tech to AddressKabir Taneja