Contextual
Resources
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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30th March 2021Alternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on TelegramLydia Khalil
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27th January 2021From MAGA to the Fringe: What Was Happening Online Before the 6 January Insurrection and What Can We Do Now?Meili Criezis, Brad Galloway
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20th January 2021The Impact of the Capitol Attacks on Extremist Operational SecurityDr. Daniel Milton, Audrey Alexander
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18th January 2021Redpill the “Parler Refugees”: White Supremacist Strategies for Radicalising Trump Supporters on TelegramMeili Criezis
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21st October 2020Revisiting the Ecosystem of Islamic State’s ‘Virtual Caliphate’Michael Krona
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03rd June 2020The Digital Fight Against Islamic State and Al-QaedaRida Lyammouri, Youssef Eddazi
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