Social media corporations as actors of counter-terrorism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12656006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marguerite Borelli (0000-0002-1188-2323, Centre d’analyse et de recherche interdisciplinaires sur les médias (CARISM), Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2877-2897 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448211035121 |
| OpenAlex | W3192820266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article discusses the role of giant social media corporations Facebook, Google (YouTube), and Twitter in counter-terrorism and countering violent extremisms (CT/CVEs). Based on a qualitative investigation mobilizing corporate communications as well as a collection of interviews with European stakeholders, it argues that these firms have become actors in this policy area of what is traditionally considered high politics, through their fundamental role in establishing and enforcing the nascent global governance regime on terrorist communications. Since the emergence of the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the studied firms have displayed agency and creativity in their appropriation of this new responsibility, effectively going beyond what was legally required of them. After contextualizing and questioning their involvement, motivated by terrorist exploitation of their services, reputational pressure and the threat of legislation, the article provides an analysis of the firms’ self-regulated commitment to CT/CVE through policymaking, content moderation, human resources, and private multilateralism
Agency (philosophy · Appropriation · Business · Corporate governance · Legislation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Modulating moderation
Mobile and platform users’ mediatized rituals in response to terrorist attacks
“Immunizing” communities
Policy vs reality
The Western Far Right and Digital Technology
The role of artificial intelligence in radicalisation, recruitment and terrorist propaganda
The TikTok Caliphate
Platforms are People Too
Behind the Screen
CHAPTER TWO. The Governance Triangle
The platform governance triangle
Countering Extremists on Social Media
Ce que peut l’État face aux plateformes
Security Beyond the State
Security
Securitization Theory. How Security Problems Emerge and Dissolve
Determining the Role of the Internet in Violent Extremism and Terrorism
Options and Strategies for Countering Online Radicalization in the United States
Tweeting the Jihad
Radicalization Trajectories
The chain of security
Governing online platforms
Theorizing power in transition studies
Structural causes and regime consequences
Are We All Amazon Primed? Consumers and the Politics of Platform Power
The politics of 'platforms
Algorithmic content moderation
Content moderation, AI, and the question of scale
The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism
Does Private Regulation Preempt Public Regulation
| Citations per year | 2.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |