Alternative Online Platforms for the Radicalisation of Women

Aims To write a report locating which online platforms women were turning to when Twitter accounts were shut down To produce a poster and present it at the annual poster presentation

Institute for Strategic Dialogue Policy and operational responses to violent extremism and inter-communal conflict think tank Skype meetings Identified possible platforms to research Group meetings and research Allocated each person a platform to focus on Independent research Used websites, articles and statistics to complete research Challenges: Limitations of data set and information available about demographics for some platforms

Research Demographics Radical usage Functionality

Conclusions Shutting down public profiles which post radical content makes it harder to track individuals Decrease in the number of accounts disseminating radical content should not be conflated with less people engaging with radical content Use of ‘gateway platforms’, with the capacity to direct users to other channels Use of encryption Popularity among women Features of anonymity Normalisation of ‘everyday life’ inside the ISIS controlled territory