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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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09th December 2022Misogynistic Extremism and the Fallacy of TechnochauvinismLaura Weinstein
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18th November 2022Islamic State Supporters on Twitter: How is ‘New’ Twitter Handling an Old Problem?Moustafa Ayad
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16th November 2022Hitting Rock Bottom: The Radicalising Potential of Celebrity CultureJordan Chapman
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14th November 2022Islamic Translation Centre (ITC)- Taking Al Qaeda’s Media Jihad GlobalMona Thakkar
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31st October 2022Extremists are Seeping Back into the Mainstream: Algorithmic Detection and Evasion Tactics on Social Media PlatformsBroderick McDonald
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12th October 2022The Taliban’s Use of Twitter as a Tool to Spread their VoiceZafar Iqbal Yousafzai
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27th September 2022Resurrecting the Reich: Middle Eastern and North African Digital Nazi CommunitiesMoustafa Ayad
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12th September 2022Analysing Terrorgram Publications: A New Digital ZineMatthew Kriner and Bjørn Ihler