{"id":14344,"date":"2014-06-12T12:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T02:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=14344"},"modified":"2014-06-16T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T00:25:19","slug":"new-online-cve-studies-lessons-for-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/new-online-cve-studies-lessons-for-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"New online CVE studies\u2014lessons for Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In discussing the foreign fighter issue in Australia last month, I noted<\/a> that the Syrian civil war is being broadcast live over social media. Some call it the first YouTube war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That live feed of information is useful to Australians who have family in Syria and surrounding countries, but social media platforms are also recruitment and propaganda tools for extremist groups involved in the conflict, and their supporters overseas. \u00a0So any <\/span>campaign<\/a> undertaken by authorities here to discourage Australians from fighting in Syria should include a strong online effort to counter extremist recruiters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Last month the UK\u2019s Quilliam Foundation published a <\/span>report on online extremism<\/a>. The study found that the vast majority of radicalised individuals come into contact with extremist ideology through offline socialisation prior to being indoctrinated online. The report found that relying on censorship and filtering methods to counter online extremism was ineffective. It advocated developing counter-extremist efforts through online content and popularising online initiatives that fight against extremism. The report found that there weren\u2019t enough materials that counter extremist content online, allowing extremists to dominate the conversation on many topics.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report makes several useful\u00a0recommendations that warrant study in Australia by those responsible for implementing countering violent extremism programs:<\/span><\/p>\n