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ISIS Has a Twitter Strategy and It Is Terrifying [ ...

November 2015

This resource is an informative, visual and descriptive infographic by Fifth Tribe focused in ISIS’s use of Twitter. The infographic and descriptions in the article were written following the Paris attacks in November 2015.

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How ISIS Uses Twitter: Analyze how ISIS fanboys ha ...

May 2016

This resource contains the description and data analysis from a research project conducted by Fifth Tribe into ISIS’s use of Twitter in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris Attacks.

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Charting a New Course: Thought for Action Kit

2015

This resource is a short e-book type document by the pilot project “Charting a New Course: Women Preventing Violent Extremism” led by the U.S. Institute of Peace. The project aimed to engage a discussion on key issues related to the role of women and preventing violent extremism (PVE).

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Umati Final Report

2013

This 44 page resource is the comprehensive final report of the Umati Project that focused on monitoring hate speech online.

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Monitoring Online Hate Speech in South Sudan: Prel ...

February 2016

This article provides an insightful look into a project focused on monitoring online hate speech in South Sudan. The project is a joint collaboration pilot project between iHub Research and Search for Common Ground (SfCG).

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An Expert Explains How Social Media Can Lead to th ...

December 2015

This article is based on an interview with Michael A. Stefanone, an expert in behaviour and the social psychology of technology. The interview discusses the San Bernardino terrorist attacks and follows the realization that the perpetrators pledged allegiance to ISIS prior to the attacks.

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Al Qaeda Recruits Terrorists on Facebook

December 2010

This very short 2010 article presents an early example of extremist and terrorist organizations using social media for recruitment, in this case, Al Qaeda using Facebook.

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Sub Saharan African Terrorist Groups’ Use of the ...

February 2014

This 2014 article is based on a study of terrorist groups’ use of web technologies in Sub Saharan Africa. The study investigated 245 terrorist groups operating across 45 countries in the Sub Saharan African region as determined by data held within the Global Terrorism Database (GTD).

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Gang Presence in Social Network Sites

2011

This 2011 article provides an insightful look into the presence of gangs on social media and social networking websites.

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Charting Out the Digital Ecosystem of Gangs in the ...

April 2016

This article is based on a research project conducted by the SecDev Group in collaboration with the U.S. National Institute for Justice (NIJ) in San Diego.

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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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