Contextual
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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
Platform Migration
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.
Platform Migration
Platform migration is a commonly used tactic by violent extremist groups. Chan sites and a collection of imageboard forums with minimal moderation efforts, are representative of alt-tech space used by the far-right. Chans have been increasingly recognized for playing a role in extremist group radicalization. The wide availability of messaging apps has resulted in extremists simultaneously gravitating towards multiple platforms with varying objectives intended for specific apps.
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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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18th January 2022Tracing Extremist Platform Migration on the Darkweb: Lessons for DeplatformingBluth Crawford
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12th November 2021Remaining and Expanding or Surviving and Adapting? Extremist Platform Migration and Adaptation StrategiesMeili Criezis
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09th November 2021Extremist Experimentation with Text-Based Instant Messaging ApplicationsBennett Clifford
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10th June 2021Gab’s Gift to the Far-RightJordan McSwiney, Greta Jasser and Dr. Ed Pertwee
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19th May 2021The Digital Transformations of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State in the Battle Against Online PropagandaHéni Nsaibia and Rida Lyammouri
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