Understanding the Interplay of Counter-Extremism Trends and Muslim Communities in Europe

McNeil-Willson, Richard

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67925-5_8

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“…Extremism is therefore conceptualised within Channel as the result of certain identity markers and beliefs, laying the foundation for terrorist action. This contrasts with other models, such as those used by the VERA-2R model operative in the Netherlands or French approaches, which draw a stronger link between extremism and criminality, for instance (D'Amato, 2019;McNeil-Willson, 2021).…”

Section: The Assessment Of Engagement Intent and Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 67%

Applicability of Channel Vulnerability Assessment Framework and Programme for Kosovo

McNeil-Willson

2024

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This paper examines the applicability of the Channel Vulnerability Assessment Framework and the Channel procedures in the context of Kosovo. It does this by examining the way in which the current Channel procedures are constructed with regard to risk assessment, the process of referrals, and the methods of rehabilitation or deradicalisation. The paper will also look at some of the problems of criticisms of the Channel approach, and the problematic implications that such an approach may have, as well as considering whether and how there might be an opportunity to remedy or resolve these. Ultimately, the paper finds that there are both risks and possibilities with deploying a Channel framework in a Kosovan context, although significant care must be taken, as the British context presents significant differences to the Kosovan, whilst it is also important to avoid replicating the mistakes that have been made by the UK Government during Prevent and Channel implementation.

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Section: The Assessment Of Engagement Intent and Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 67%

Applicability of Channel Vulnerability Assessment Framework and Programme for Kosovo

McNeil-Willson

2024

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“…Extremism is an outcome of the polarization into groups of opposing views (McNeil‐Willson et al, 2019). The underlying process of group polarization means that individuals develop more extreme positions after engaging with other group members (Sunstein, 2009).…”

Section: Online Extremismmentioning

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The digital augmentation of extremism: Reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective

Risius

Blasiak

Wibisono

et al. 2023

Information Systems Journal

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Online extremism remains a persistent problem despite the best efforts of governments, tech companies and civil society. Digital technologies can induce group polarization to promote extremism and cause substantial changes to extremism (e.g., create new forms of extremism, types of threats or radicalization approaches). Current methods to counter extremism induce undesirable side‐effects (e.g., ostracize minorities, inadvertently promote extremism) or do not leverage the full potential of digital technologies. Extremism experts recognize the need for researchers from other disciplines, like information systems, to contribute their technical expertise for understanding and countering online extremism. This article aims to introduce the field of information systems to the issue of online extremism. Information systems scholars address technology‐related societal issues from a sociotechnical perspective. The sociotechnical perspective describes systems through a series of interactions between social (structure, people) and technical components (physical system, task). We apply the sociotechnical perspective to (1) summarize the current state‐of‐the‐art knowledge of 222 articles in a systematic multi‐disciplinary literature review and (2) propose specific research questions that address two questions (How do digital technologies augment extremism? How can we successfully counter online extremism?).

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“…Another is the continuously growing sophistication of the tools used to create and spread such content, such as private messaging apps, AI, and online news portals (European Parliament, 2019a, p. 5). Meanwhile, there has been growing concern that a more confident far right is significantly increasing community polarisation and normalising antiminority language within mainstream media and political debate (McNeil‐Willson et al, 2019).…”

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“…This paper is not looking to develop or invoke the authors' own conceptual compass in defining ‘extremism’. Concepts such as extremism have a normative, relational and context‐specific value, dependent on factors such as national history, the media and the type of government in power—one is judged radical or extremist against culturally specific benchmarks, and this label is dependent on who is doing the labelling’ (McNeil‐Willson et al, 2019, p. 5). As such, what is and is not extremism is largely dependent on the political context.…”

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Watering down the wine: European Union regulation of violent right‐wing extremism content and the securitisation of new online spaces

Flonk,

McNeil‐Willson

2023

Policy & Internet

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The regulation of violent right‐wing extremist online content in the European Union is facing a conundrum. On the one hand, pressure to respond to concern over violent right‐wing extremism (or VRWE, a term used by the European Union to refer to ‘far right’) has led to a push to develop a coherent European‐wide response. On the one hand, this has led to a watering down or ‘loosening’ of the concept and implementation, to come to policy agreements between Member States. On the other hand, we have also seen a broadening and expansion of key concepts around VRWE to include more online practices. We argue that this combination of ‘loosening’ the definition of far right, whilst simultaneously ‘broadening’ what constitutes far‐right content, risks the securitisation of vast online practices ‐ muddying the means for developing coherent and effective responses to VRWE in online spheres. This paper aims to explore the framing and securitisation of violent right‐wing extremist content, by tracking the discursive construction of European content moderation policy tools over time.

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Understanding the Interplay of Counter-Extremism Trends and Muslim Communities in Europe

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Applicability of Channel Vulnerability Assessment Framework and Programme for Kosovo

Applicability of Channel Vulnerability Assessment Framework and Programme for Kosovo

The digital augmentation of extremism: Reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective

Watering down the wine: European Union regulation of violent right‐wing extremism content and the securitisation of new online spaces

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