The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is the academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and aims to better understand the ways in which terrorists use technology.
The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is the academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and aims to better understand the ways in which terrorists use technology.
Insights
Feb242020
Far-Right Terrorism is Global, but Coverage is Not: Hindu Nationalist Violence in India
Last week brought news of a tragic event in Germany with a right-wing terrorist attack…
Eviane Leidig
Feb202020
Hiding in Plain Site: Islamic State’s ‘Muslim News’
Salafi-jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and Islamic State thrive in ungoverned spaces. Mali is no exception.…
Moustafa Ayad
Feb172020
Points, Rankings & Raiding the Sorcerer’s Dungeon: Top-down and Bottom-up Gamification of Radicalization and Extremist Violence
The research on gamification, defined as “the use of game elements in non-gaming contexts” usually…
Linda Schlegel
Feb132020
Online Extremism in Latin America- An Overview
A look at the landscape of online extremism in Latin America stands to add to…
Dr. Alexis Henshaw
Feb102020
Shooting for Impact: Google‘s €10 Million Investment in Countering Online Extremism
What can we do to make our communities and citizens safe from online hate speech…
Alexander von Rosenbach
Feb062020
Islamic State Adjusts Strategy to Remain on Telegram
Could Islamic State’s next digital home be…. Telegram? Over the past few months a sustained…
Raphael Gluck
Feb042020
Accelerationism in America: Threat Perceptions
Accelerationism is an ideologically agnostic doctrine of violent and non-violent actions taken to exploit contradictions…
Jade Parker
Jan312020
The Ukrainian Conflict: Foreign Volunteers and Online Identity Formation
Despite its local context, the conflict in Ukraine has attracted large numbers of foreign volunteers…
Chelsea Daymon
Jan292020
The Yazidi Genocide: We Are Listening
On 3 August 2014, Islamic State swept across the Sinjar region of Northern Iraq in…
Gina Vale
Jan202020
Incels
In recent years there has been a growing concern from people who have identified as…
Joana Cook
Jan172020
Technology and the Swarm: A Dialogic Turn in Online Far-Right Activism
Earlier this week, the outgoing director general of the UK’s domestic intelligence agency, Sir Andrew…
Dr. William Allchorn
Dec312019
Communication strategy by the Iraq’s religious authorities
Communication strategy by the Iraq’s religious authorities vis-à-vis countering violent extremism and the treatment of…
Eviane Leidig
Moustafa Ayad
Linda Schlegel
Dr. Alexis Henshaw
Alexander von Rosenbach
Raphael Gluck
Jade Parker
Chelsea Daymon
Gina Vale
Dr. William Allchorn
Inna Rudolf