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
- Jul052022
Persuading with Fantasy: Why Digital P/CVE Narrative Campaigns May Benefit from Fictional Elements
The narratives we are exposed to and the stories we tell ourselves and each other…
Linda Schlegel - Jul012022
The Buffalo Attack – Insights From the Suspected Terrorist’s Diary
The ‘diary’ of Payton Gendron, who carried out the Buffalo attack on May 14 2022…
Laurence Bindner - Jun282022
Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and Targeted Online Propaganda Around India’s Domestic Political Discourse
Some recent comments made by party functionaries of the ruling Bharaitya Janata Party (BJP) of…
Kabir Taneja - Jun232022
The Future is Now: The Use of 3D-Printed Guns by Extremists and Terrorists
Over the past three years, the threat of extremists and terrorists making 3D-printed guns has…
Rajan Basra - Jun202022
Nazis, Conspiracists, and the Australian Federal Election
In April 2022, police opened fire at a car that was accelerating towards them in…
Dr. Gerard Gill - Jun172022
‘Mujahideen in the West’: Al-Qaeda’s Newest Attack-Inciting Magazine
In February 2022, a new English-language magazine titled Mujahideen in the West (MITW) appeared on…
Rueben Dass - Jun152022
Islamic State Audacity of Hope/Facebook’s Islamic State Problem
Islamic State material, in any form, not least its raw and explicit form, has no…
Dani O - Jun132022
The Rise of Narco-Terrorism in the Age of the Internet
Narco-terrorism is a term that explains drug trafficking cartels/organised crime groups which resort to terrorism…
Dr. Chamila Liyanage - Jun102022
The Gamification of Violent Extremism: An Empirical Exploration of the Christchurch Attack
This Insight is based on research conducted by the author and Susann Wiedlitzka, the results…
Dr. Suraj Lakhani - Jun082022
‘Victims of Feminism’: Exploring Networked Misogyny and #MeToo in the Manosphere
The creation and circulation of online misogynist narratives can have dreadful consequences. For example, in…
Valerie Dickel - May312022
The Great Replacement and the Far-Right Music Scene
With this month’s far-right attack in Buffalo, there was a lot of discussion in the…
Brad Galloway - May302022
Understanding Accelerationist Narratives: The Great Replacement Theory
On 14 May 2022, an 18-year-old white male allegedly perpetrated a carefully planned mass shooting…
Matthew Kriner
Call for Papers
Reports

Learning from Foes: How Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists Embrace and Mimic Islamic State’s Use of Emerging Technologies

The Role of Violent Conspiratorial Narratives in Violent and Non‐Violent Extreme Right Manifestos Online, 2015‐2020

Manipulating Access To Communication Technology: Government Repression or Counterterrorism?

Can the Right Meme? (And How?): A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures

‘Fogging’ and ‘Flooding’: Countering Extremist Mis/Disinformation After Terror Attacks

GNET Survey on the Role of Technology in Violent Extremism and the State of Research Community-Tech Industry Engagement

Bringing Women, Peace and Security Online: Mainstreaming Gender in Responses to Online Extremism
