Digital Discourses
Treviliana Eka Putri (Indonesia)

Tactics to Counter Online Extremism

The anonymity, speed, and efficiency of online communication has made it an invaluable tool for finding like-minded people, exchanging ideas, and coordinating activities. These tools can be used by marginalized people to find support among peers. Similarly, they can be used by extremist groups to spread ideology, recruit new members, and, in the worst case, to coordinate attacks. 

Who is responsible for identifying and dealing with online extremism? Can platforms be held accountable for content uploaded? Is slowing down or blocking access to all online communication tools an answer in times of crisis? In this panel, we contrast and compare how different societies have approached this problem.

Treviliana Eka Putri
Treviliana Eka Putri | © Fikri Fahrul Faiz
Treviliana Eka Putri is a researcher at the Center for Digital Society (CfDS), a research center in the Faculty of Social and Political Science at Universitas Gadjah Mada. The center focuses on digital issues and their socio-political impact on societies. She is also a junior lecturer at the Department of International Relations at Universitas Gadjah Mada with a focus on security studies. Her research interest includes cybersecurity, social media, and the utilization of big data in social science studies.
 

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