Online Fight Against Online Radicalization: Using the Internet for Counter Radicalization

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 485 - 514, 25.07.2024

Emre Çıtak

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.1409425

Abstract

This study is planned to draw a framework on how to benefit from online space and tools in the fight against online radicalization. While combating and reversing radicalization is a significant responsibility of security forces today, online radicalization poses a special challenge since it is quite dynamic and complex, although it is not a new phenomenon. The facilitating effect of the online environment in all kinds of searches and sharing is very decisive in the realization of radicalization. For this reason, today's use of online environments more intensely and effectively than traditional face-to-face and in-group radicalization requires a comprehensive examination. In addition, while there are many strategies implemented to prevent and combat radicalization, the main trend of this study is to conduct an analysis based on the online dimension. The fact that online radicalization has very different characteristics from traditional radicalization requires that relevant prevention and combat activities have their characteristics. In particular, suggestions for using online platforms and tools to combat online radicalization will reflect the special aspect of this study. The study will first begin with an informative section on online radicalization, and the following section will present a discussion on online strategies to combat radicalization and online radicalization. In the conclusion section, a risk assessment will be made regarding how the developments in the internet and technology will continue to be used by radical groups. Thus, it is aimed to contribute to the radicalization literature, specifically on online radicalization and deradicalization.

Keywords

Radicalization, Online Radicalization, Deradicalization, Terrorism, Counter-Radicalization

Çevrimiçi Radikalleşmeye Karşı Çevrimiçi Mücadele: İnternetin Radikalleşmeyle Mücadelede Kullanılması

Abstract

Bu çalışmada çevrimiçi radikalleşmeyle mücadelede çevrimiçi ortamdan ve araçlardan nasıl yaralanabileceği üzerine bir çerçeve çizilmesi planlanmaktadır. Günümüzde radikalleşmeyle mücadele ve radikalleşmenin tersine döndürülmesi güvenlik güçlerinin önemli bir sorumluluğuyken, her ne kadar yeni bir olgu olmasa da oldukça dinamik ve karmaşık bir nitelikte olması nedeniyle çevrimiçi radikalleşme özel bir meydan okuma muhteva etmektedir. Çevrimiçi ortamın her türlü arayışı ve paylaşımı kolaylaştırıcı etkisi, radikalleşmenin gerçekleşmesinde oldukça belirleyicidir. Bu nedenle günümüzde geleneksel yüz yüze ve grup içi radikalleşmeden daha yoğun ve etkili şekilde çevrimiçi ortamların kullanılması kapsamlı bir inceleme yapılmasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Bunun yanında radikalleşmenin önlenmesi ve ilgili mücadele için uygulanan pek çok strateji bulunurken, çevrimiçi boyutun temele alındığı bir analizin yapılması bu çalışmanın temel eğilim noktasıdır. Çevrimiçi radikalleşmenin geleneksel radikalleşmeden oldukça farklı özellikler göstermesi, ilgili önleme ve mücadele faaliyetlerinin de kendine has özelliklerinin olmasını gerektirmektedir. Özellikle çevrimiçi platformların ve araçların çevrimiçi radikalleşmeyle mücadele kullanılmasına yönelik öneriler bu çalışmanın özel yönünü yansıtacaktır. Çalışma öncelikle çevrimiçi radikalleşme üzerine bilgilendirici bir bölümle başlayacak, izleyen bölümde radikalleşme ve çevrimiçi radikalleşmeyle mücadelede çevrimiçi stratejiler üzerine bir tartışma ortaya konulacaktır. Sonuç bölümünde ise internet ve teknolojideki gelişimin radikal gruplar tarafından ne şekilde kullanılmaya devam edeceğine yönelik bir risk değerlendirmesi yapılacaktır. Böylece çevrimiçi radikalleşme ve deradikalleşme özelinde, radikalleşme literatürüne katkı sağlanması amaçlanmaktadır.

Keywords

Radikalleşme, Çevrimiçi Radikalleşme, Deradikalleşme, Terörizm, Radikalleşmeyle Mücadele

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