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The Threat of Terrorist and Violent Extremist-Operated Websites

Tech Against Terrorism (2022), 32 pp.
"Since January 2021, Tech Against Terrorism has identifi ed 198 websites that we assess to be operated by terrorist actors, or by violent extremists that pose a credible and urgent threat to society. 79 of these sites relate to violent Sunni Islamist actors, 18 to violent Shia Islamist actors and 101 linked to the violent far-right. In 2021 we facilitated the removal of 16 of these sites that linked to accelerationist neo-Nazi actors, the Taliban and the Islamic State. From a representative sample of 33 terrorist- and violent extremist-operated websites, we found that: 91% displayed audio/visual progaganda; 73% had an archive of historic content; 57% included a communication feature. The total average monthly visits to these 33 sites is 1.54 million." (Executive summary)
1 Executive summary, 3
2 Recommendations, 5
3 Introduction, 8
4 Website analysis, 12
5 Case studies, 16
6 Wider threat landscape, 20
7 Countering the threat of T/VEOWs, 23
9 Removing T/VEOWs: relevant policy considerations, 27
10 Current legislation on countering T/VEOWs, 29