Unfolding the Past, Proving the Present
Social Media Evidence in Terrorism Finance Court Cases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2236574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tasniem Anwar (0000-0002-6110-9144, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 382-398 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-5679 • E-ISSN: 1749-5687 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ips/olaa006 |
| OpenAlex | W3011473938 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 30 |
During terrorism trials, social media activities such as tweeting, Facebook posts, and WhatsApp conversations have become an essential part of the evidence presented. Amidst the complexity of prosecuting crimes with limited possibilities for criminal investigations and evidence collection, social media interactions can provide valuable information to reconstruct events that occurred there-and-then, to prosecute in the here-and-now. This paper follows social media objects as evidentiary objects in different court judgments to research how security practices and knowledge interact with legal practices in the court room. I build on the notion of the folding object as described by Bruno Latour and Amade M'charek to research the practices and arguments of the judges through which they unfold some of the histories, interpretations, and politics inside the object as reliable evidence. This concept allows for an in-depth examination of how histories are entangled in the presentation of an evidentiary object and how these references to histories are made (in)visible during legal discussions on security and terrorism. The paper therefore contributes to the field of critical security studies by focusing on how security practices are mediated in the everyday legal settings of domestic court rooms
Criminology · Field (mathematics) · Object (grammar) · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics) · Social media · Sociology · Terrorism · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
(Not) Accessing the Castle
Brothers in Arms? The Selection and Prioritisation of Core International Crimes and Terrorism in the Netherlands
Opaque trials
Affectual intensities
Safety by simulation
The Courtroom as Four Landscapes
Revisiting making crime
Technology and Territorial Change in Conflict Settings
Engagement all the way down
Taking the trouble
Controlling the Schengen Information System (SIS II)
Courtroom Ethnography in the Context of Terrorism
The Most Denounced, the Least Punished
In trust we share
Law's Dream of a Common Knowledge
Rule of Experts
Preempting Justice
Things That Talk
Ips Forum Contribution (Issue 3, Vol. 4)
Social Media and (Counter) Terrorist Finance
Reframing Conflict in Translation
Extrajudicial Killing as Risk Management
Introduction
Between Law and the Exception
Manners of Imagining the real
The Materiality of What
The chain of security
Preemption contested
Normalization and Legislative Exceptionalism
Science at the Bar
Border theatre
Future Emergencies
Race, Time and Folded Objects
Morality and Technology
Objects and Spaces
Security, Law, Borders
Sentencing Risk
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |