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Women, Violent Extremism and the Internet: Empower ...

On March 6th the CIC National Capital Branch, in cooperation with the SecDev Foundation, hosted the event, Women, Violent Extremism and the Internet: Empowering Prevention; Dealing with Risk.  

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Violent Extremism on-line: Drivers, Evidence and a ...

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The Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes

September 2012

This comprehensive 2012 United Nations report provides a thorough review of terrorist organizations’ use of the Internet. While dated prior to the online emergence of ISIS and other groups’ use of social media, it nevertheless provides a wealth of information.

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Backdoor Plots: The Darknet as a Field for Terrori ...

September 2013

Backdoor Plots deals with al-Qaeda’s proliferation on the Internet, particularly on the hidden, Darknet. The Darknet sites and networks cannot be accessed by regular means, allowing them to serve as a platform for Internet users seeking anonymity through encryption.

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Ethical Decision-Making and Internet Research: 2.0

August 2012

The Ethical Decision-Making and Internet Research document is described as a set of guidelines concerning the day-to-day practices of researchers across multiple disciplines, countries and contexts.

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Pro-Violence and Anti-Democratic Messages on the I ...

May 2013

This 2013 study profiles the ideologies, messages, and uses of social media among three types of extremist movements in Sweden: right-wing groups, left-wing “autonomist” groups, and Islamist extremist groups.

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Locating Cyberterrorism: How Researchers Use and V ...

2014

This 2014 article reports on the findings of a 2012 survey on the concept of cyberterrorism. More than 600 terrorism studies researchers working in twenty-four different countries and across six continents conducted the initial survey.

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Preliminary Analytical Considerations in Designing ...

2014

This 2014 paper presents a web-crawler called the Terrorism and Extremism Network Extractor (TENE), designed to gather information about extremist activities on the Internet.

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This portal gathers an annotated collection of recent research on the ways in which social media and new technologies may be leveraged in the fight against violent extremism

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