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Dialogue SocietySpeakers ● Liam Duffy, Independent Advisor, Consultant, and Researcher on Counterterrorism ● Dr Carmen Aguilera- Carnarero, Lecturer, Department of English and German Philology at the University of Granada; Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right ● Dr Eviane Leidig, Research Fellow in Current and Emerging Threats, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), Netherlands ● Nikoleta Gashi, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator, Dialogue Society Abstract Since the 1990s, the digital revolution has transformed the interactions of people all over the world. AlthouRead moreShow less
Speakers
● Liam Duffy, Independent Advisor, Consultant, and Researcher on Counterterrorism
● Dr Carmen Aguilera- Carnarero, Lecturer, Department of English and German Philology at the University of Granada; Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right
● Dr Eviane Leidig, Research Fellow in Current and Emerging Threats, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), Netherlands
● Nikoleta Gashi, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator, Dialogue Society
Abstract
Since the 1990s, the digital revolution has transformed the interactions of people all over the world. Although the internet was created to be an optimistic medium for information and cultural exchange, its unregulated, largely democratic, and borderless nature of it has led to people harnessing online spaces to manipulate their original purposes. From the creation of the dark web to the emergence of terrorist recruitment sites and the spread of violent viral content; emerging sophisticated and new technologies have shown that extremists will use these platforms and adapt their methods in line with new technological developments.
According to the Online Harms White Paper, “all five terrorist attacks carried out in the UK in 2017 had an online element”. Experts from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London have said: “the menace they present cannot be eradicated”. Whilst, Counter-Extremism Commissioner, Sarah Khan, has criticised Britain's laws, saying they have “failed to evolve”.
● Why and where does extremism emerge online?
● How do extremists make use of various online platforms? What content do they post?
● What is it about the internet and online platforms, including social media, that facilitates this?
● How are extremists harnessing new and emerging online platforms to spread their hate messages and appeal to specific demographies?
● What is the link between online gaming and extremism?
● Is the internet too vast and fast-moving for us to regulate? Can we truly regulate these online platforms? If so, whose responsibility is it to do so?
This panel will serve to highlight how the online sphere and social media enable manipulation from extremists and allow for the spread of hateful abuse. It will also present some of the current problems associated with regulating online platforms and creating policies fit for countering online forms of extremism and radicalisation.
Finally, Sara Khan's statement will be examined and alternate approaches, such as whether we can use AI technologies, will be considered before recommendations about amending online extremism policies are proposed.
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About Dialogue Society
The Dialogue Society is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 1117039), established in London in 1999, with the aim of advancing social cohesion by connecting communities, empowering people to engage and contributing to the development of ideas on dialogue and community building. The Dialogue Society is not a religious or ethnic organisation. It aims to facilitate dialogue on a whole range of social issues, regardless of any particular faith or religion. It stands for democracy, human rights, the non-instrumentalisation of religion in politics, equality, and freedom of speech.
● Liam Duffy, Independent Advisor, Consultant, and Researcher on Counterterrorism
● Dr Carmen Aguilera- Carnarero, Lecturer, Department of English and German Philology at the University of Granada; Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right
● Dr Eviane Leidig, Research Fellow in Current and Emerging Threats, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), Netherlands
● Nikoleta Gashi, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator, Dialogue Society
Abstract
Since the 1990s, the digital revolution has transformed the interactions of people all over the world. Although the internet was created to be an optimistic medium for information and cultural exchange, its unregulated, largely democratic, and borderless nature of it has led to people harnessing online spaces to manipulate their original purposes. From the creation of the dark web to the emergence of terrorist recruitment sites and the spread of violent viral content; emerging sophisticated and new technologies have shown that extremists will use these platforms and adapt their methods in line with new technological developments.
According to the Online Harms White Paper, “all five terrorist attacks carried out in the UK in 2017 had an online element”. Experts from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London have said: “the menace they present cannot be eradicated”. Whilst, Counter-Extremism Commissioner, Sarah Khan, has criticised Britain's laws, saying they have “failed to evolve”.
● Why and where does extremism emerge online?
● How do extremists make use of various online platforms? What content do they post?
● What is it about the internet and online platforms, including social media, that facilitates this?
● How are extremists harnessing new and emerging online platforms to spread their hate messages and appeal to specific demographies?
● What is the link between online gaming and extremism?
● Is the internet too vast and fast-moving for us to regulate? Can we truly regulate these online platforms? If so, whose responsibility is it to do so?
This panel will serve to highlight how the online sphere and social media enable manipulation from extremists and allow for the spread of hateful abuse. It will also present some of the current problems associated with regulating online platforms and creating policies fit for countering online forms of extremism and radicalisation.
Finally, Sara Khan's statement will be examined and alternate approaches, such as whether we can use AI technologies, will be considered before recommendations about amending online extremism policies are proposed.
Subscribe ►http://bit.ly/SubsDialogueSociety
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About Dialogue Society
The Dialogue Society is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 1117039), established in London in 1999, with the aim of advancing social cohesion by connecting communities, empowering people to engage and contributing to the development of ideas on dialogue and community building. The Dialogue Society is not a religious or ethnic organisation. It aims to facilitate dialogue on a whole range of social issues, regardless of any particular faith or religion. It stands for democracy, human rights, the non-instrumentalisation of religion in politics, equality, and freedom of speech.
