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Posts tagged with ‘Financing’

  • Jun102026

    HAYI and State-Cover Networks: The Changing Landscape of Terrorist Financing in Europe

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of Terrorism Online (CFTO). GIFCT Working…

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  • Jun022026

    Into the Manosphere: Louis Theroux’s Documentary and How Platforms Enable the Business of Misogyny

    “Everyone in the manosphere is online just trying to make a buck selling ideologies.” – Louis Theroux’s, Into the Manosphere…

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  • Apr072026

    Propaganda as Financial Infrastructure: How Islamic State and al-Qaeda Media Ecosystems Enable Terrorist Finance

    Propaganda ecosystems function as parallel trust infrastructures, enabling extremist organisations to coordinate financial activity outside formal financial systems. While extremist…

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  • Mar052026

    From Generative AI to Crypto Exchanges: The Infrastructure Behind the GOYIM Token

    On 1 February 2026, a meme token called GOYIM appeared on the Solana blockchain, a public digital network where cryptocurrencies…

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  • Feb092026

    Telegram Stars: Exploring Micropayment Exploitation, Digital Goods and the Evolving Tactics of Terrorist Financing

    Over the past decade, terrorist organisations have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to adapt to disruption in the digital environment. As…

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  • Jan282026

    “Agentic Smurfing”: How AI-Autonomous Micro-Laundering is Outpacing Traditional Terrorist Financing Detection

    The convergence of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency has created a new threat to counter-terrorism financing frameworks. By late 2025, extremist…

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  • Dec172025

    Monetising Misogyny: Engagement Farming and the Tactics Behind Incendiary Online Content

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…

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  • Dec112025

    The Weaponisation of Femininity: Gendered Realities in ISIS’s Digital Caliphate

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…

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  • Dec032025

    Have Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising

    Following the 2019 Battle of Baghouz, which marked the Islamic State’s territorial collapse, IS-affiliated individuals flooded into camps run by…

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  • Oct242025

    Closing the Enforcement Gap: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance

    This Insight is published to coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week to highlight positive interventionist technology tools in…

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