Skip to main content
DORAS
DCU Online Research Access Service
Login (DCU Staff Only)
Online terrorism and online laws

Walker, Clive and Conway, Maura ORCID: 0000-0003-4216-8592 (2015) Online terrorism and online laws. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 8 (2). pp. 156-175. ISSN 1746-7586

Full text available as:

[img]
Preview
PDF - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
433kB

Abstract

Terrorist and extremist movements have long exploited mass communications technology in pursuit of their political ends. The advent of the internet offers new opportunities. In response, state counter-measures seek to stem the impact of extreme ideologies by a number of tactics. “Positive” measures refer to those online initiatives that seek to make an impact through digital engagement and education and the provision of counter-narratives. “Negative” measures describe those approaches that advocate for, or result in, the deletion or restriction of violent extremist online content and/or the legal sanctioning of its online purveyors or users. More sanctions-based outcomes arise through discretionary state activity such as warnings and counselling of vulnerable individuals, or through disruptive counter-measures such as bans on the giving of lectures or prohibitions on the entry into the country of speakers or the taking down of extremist internet sites. Other measures step over into criminal justice, as when individuals are prosecuted for collecting materials or information (including typically information downloaded from the internet) or for issuing messages which can be construed as direct or indirect incitements to terrorism. This paper will analyse the responses to extremist uses of the internet, with an emphasis upon legal responses – “online laws”.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Internet; Legislation; CVE
Subjects:Social Sciences > Law
Social Sciences > International relations
Social Sciences > Terrorism
Social Sciences > Communication
Social Sciences > Speech
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17467586.2015.1065078
Copyright Information:This is an electronic version of an article published in Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17467586.2015.1065078
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:VOX-Pol
ID Code:20841
Deposited On:30 Sep 2015 12:55 by Maura Conway . Last Modified 27 Aug 2018 13:38

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Archive Staff Only: edit this record

  • Student Email
  • Staff Email
  • Student Apps
  • Staff Apps
  • Loop
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us