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Content moderation through removal of service: Content delivery networks and extremist websites

Policy &Internet, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 544-558, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Considerable attention has been paid by researchers to social media platforms, especially the ‘big companies’, and increasingly also messaging applications, and how effectively they moderate extremist and terrorist content on their services. Much less attention has yet been paid to if and how infrastructure and service providers, further down ‘
Seán Looney
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“Highly nuanced policy is very difficult to apply at scale”: Examining researcher account and content takedowns online

Policy &Internet, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 559-574, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Since 2019, researchers examining, archiving, and collecting extremist and terrorist materials online have increasingly been taken offline. In part a consequence of the automation of content moderation by different technology companies and national governments calling for ever quicker takedowns. Based on an online survey of peers in the field,
Aaron Y. Zelin
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Terror leaves adolescents behind: Identifying risk and protective factors for high‐school completion among survivors of terrorism

Journal of Traumatic Stress, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 750-761, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Terror exposure increases the risk of somatic and psychological health problems in survivors. Yet, knowledge of how such exposure affects survivors’ ability to stay in school is lacking. This study examined whether exposure to the 2011 Utøya terrorist attack in Norway impacted survivors’ ability to complete high school.
Ida F. Strøm, Grete Dyb, Tore Wentzel‐Larsen, Lise Eilin Stene, Jon‐Håkon Schultz, Synne Stensland   +5 more
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Mobilizing religious differences and terrorism, negotiating civil rights in Egypt

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 84-101, Spring 2023., 2023
Abstract The Egyptian state's publication of its first National Human Rights Strategy 2021–2026 (NHRS) (2021) on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks came at the crossroads of Western pressure to improve human rights and the state's use of counterterrorism to silence voices.
Nevine Abraham
wiley   +1 more source

Switzerland: Political Developments and Data in 2021

European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 450-468, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In 2021, as in the previous year, political dynamics in Switzerland were strongly influenced by the Covid‐19 pandemic. Institutionally, the ‘special situation’ according to the Federal Law of Epidemics affected the power distribution between federal government and the subnational units. Moreover, compared with the first pandemic year, 2021 was
ISABELLE STADELMANN‐STEFFEN, MANUELA RIHM   +1 more
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Considered effective? How policy evaluations and threat perceptions affect support for surveillance in the context of terrorism

Politics &Policy, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 894-912, October 2022., 2022
Abstract Surveillance policies aimed at combating terrorism and improving public security can also lead to constraints on civil liberties. In view of this trade‐off between the potential benefits and risks of surveillance, it is particularly important to study how effectiveness considerations shape public support for surveillance.
Eva‐Maria Trüdinger, Conrad Ziller
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Political consensus, economic reforms, and democratic transitions in the Middle East: Evidence from voting on Tunisian reform bills

Politics &Policy, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 851-871, August 2022., 2022
Abstract This study investigates the role of political consensus in accelerating economic reforms and finds a significant negative effect of political consensus on the speed of reform votes in the parliament in Tunisia. We analyze the number of days until a reform bill was adopted in parliament to identify the causal effect of the consensus on ...
Nizar Jouini, Manel Ben Akal
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Irreconciliation as practice: resisting impunity and closure in Argentina

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue S1, Page 103-117, April 2022., 2022
Abstract In Argentina, irreconciliation is created through everyday practices of vigilance against closure and collective struggles against impunity. In this essay, I show how over several decades since the fall of the dictatorial regime (1976‐83), human rights activists and laypeople have devised ways to keep the past alive while attending to ...
Noa Vaisman
wiley   +1 more source

Lutte contre le terrorisme en Afrique centrale : Présentation de la théorie de responsabilité collective et sécuritaire des acteurs [PDF]

Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2022
Résumé La lutte contre le terrorisme, thème au centre de la présente étude, est devenue un enjeu international qui intéresse tous les acteurs internationaux.
ABDALA SELEMANI
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From contestation to conviction: terrorism expertise before the courts

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 137-157, June 2021., 2021
Abstract This article asks how terrorism expertise has been mobilized in recent trials on terrorism financing. How is expert knowledge concerning ongoing and complex political situations involving alleged terrorism translated into factual evidence before a court of law?
TASNIEM ANWAR, MARIEKE DE GOEDE
wiley   +1 more source