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Tackling Extremism Online
September 18, 2023Jonathan Russell, Head of Policy at Quilliam, talks to Sky News #digitalview about how everyone, not just governments, can help challenge extremist propaganda. #digitalview, Sky News (23/01/16) Quilliam is the world’s first counter-extremism think tank set up to address the unique challenges of citizenship, identity, and belonging in a globalised world. Quilliam stands for religious ...
Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas; Advisor to the Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.
September 18, 2023Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is the first terrorist organization to use the internet efficiently to spread its ideology and recruit followers in the region and abroad: but it is not an anomaly. In fact it is reflective of what we can expect to come from terrorist groups in the future. But technology ...
“Flexible” capital accumulation in Islamic State social media
September 18, 2023This article explores online social media produced by the neo-jihadist group “Islamic State” (IS) from a political-economic perspective. Using a framework developed by anthropologist David Harvey, it examines how IS social media operates within depoliticised neoliberal environments characterised by “flexible” regimes of capital accumulation. It explicates how IS acquires political-economic capital by evoking “spectacle”, “fashion” ...
Social media and counterterrorism strategy
September 18, 2023With the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the issue of domestic radicalisation has taken on renewed significance for Western democracies. In particular, attention has been drawn to the potency of ISIS engagement on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Several governments have emphasised the importance of online programs aimed at ...
Going Dark: Terrorism on the Dark Web
September 18, 2023The terms Deep Web, Deep Net, Invisible Web, or Dark Web refer to the content on the World Wide Web that is not indexed by standard search engines. One can describe the Internet as composed of layers: the “upper” layer, or the Surface Web, can easily be accessed by regular searches. However, “deeper” layers, the ...
Cyberculture and the Endurance of White Power Activism
September 18, 2023Drawing from ethnographic and documentary data, this article examines the character of the social spaces that white power movement (WPM) activists create on the Internet and the linkages to their real world activism. Specifically, we explain how white power activists use cyberspace as a free space to create and sustain movement culture and coordinate collective ...
Spreading the Message Digitally: A Look into Extremist Organizations’ Use of the Internet
September 18, 2023Why would a terrorist choose to utilize the Internet rather than the usual methods of assassination, hostage taking, and guerrilla warfare? Conway (2006) identified five major reasons why extremist groups used the Internet: virtual community building, information provision, recruitment, financing, and risk mitigation. Terrorist and extremist organizations can use the Internet to increase their visibility ...
Parere n. 2014-3 sull’articolo 9 del progetto di legge mirante al rafforzamento delle disposizioni relative alla lotta contro il terrorismo
September 18, 2023Il Consiglio nazionale per il digitale è stato interpellato riguardo all’articolo 9 del progetto di legge mirante a rafforzare le disposizioni relative alla lotta contro il terrorismo. Tali disposizioni modificano l’articolo 6 della Legge del 21 giugno 2004 intesa a promuovere la fiducia nell’economia digitale (LCEN), prevedendo il blocco da parte dell’autorità amministrativa dei siti ...
Avis n°2014-3 sur l’article 9 du Projet de loi Renforçant les Dispositions Relatives à la Lutte Contre le Terrorisme
September 18, 2023Le Conseil national du numérique a été saisi le 25 juin 2014 de l’article 9 du projet de loi renforçant les dispositions relatives à la lutte contre le terrorisme. Ces dispositions modifient l’article 6 de la loi du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique (LCEN) en prévoyant le blocage administratif des sites ...