1. Alternative Online Platforms for the Radicalisation of Women

2. 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

3. 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

4. Research
Demographics
Radical usage
Functionality

5. 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