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The Unintended Consequences of the Removal of Terrorist Content and the Case of Bitchute
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Anne Craanen
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Pages: 1 - 22
Swansea University Authors:
Joe Whittaker , Anne Craanen
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/1057610x.2025.2595843
Abstract
Content removal has become the primary method of countering terrorism online. This can be effective but also entails significant costs. We outline two interrelated ways in which removal leads to negative consequences: creating ideologically homogenous clusters – i.e. “echo chambers” – and forcing ma...
| Published in: | Studies in Conflict & Terrorism |
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| ISSN: | 1057-610X 1521-0731 |
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Informa UK Limited
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70973 |
| Abstract: |
Content removal has become the primary method of countering terrorism online. This can be effective but also entails significant costs. We outline two interrelated ways in which removal leads to negative consequences: creating ideologically homogenous clusters – i.e. “echo chambers” – and forcing malign actors to innovate, potentially increasing the risk of radicalization. We argue that removal must be part of the response, but in some situations, other options may be preferable. We offer a case study of BitChute to demonstrate that if a platform is willing to work against terrorists, it may be better to avoid content removal. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Funders: |
Swansea University |
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1 |
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22 |