Violent extremism
| "Violent extremism" link (enemy image, extremism, plastic phrase) | |
|---|---|
| Start | July 2005 |
| A drop in replacement for "terrorism" that was followed by "non-violent extremism", a term used to frame the justification of violence towards the explicitly non-violent. | |
"Violent extremism" is an enemy image which was introduced in July 2005 as a synonym of the contested word "terrorism". After laws were introduced, in January 2011 the phrase "non-violent extremism" was launched to try to extend "anti-extremism" laws towards the explicitly non-violent.
Official narrative
A webpage posted at cve.fbi.gov in February 2016 claimed that "It’s the FBI’s primary responsibility — working with its many partners — to protect the nation from attacks by violent extremists."[1] This replaces their earlier priority (since 2013) of "national security".
History
"Violent extremism" was introduced after the 7/7 bombings and the use was expanded most notably after the Charlie Hebdo event. In 2013, Wikipedia created a redirect page to "Extremism". In December 2016 this was expanded into a full article.[2]
Legal status
The Quilliam Foundation "has long argued for a tougher line on non-violent extremism".[3]
Internet censorship
In July 2017, YouTube announced that they would be modifying their website "to provide more resources and more content that can help change minds of people at risk of being radicalized". In practice, this seems to allied to the "war on terror" project.[4] In October 2017, Reuters reported seeing documents that indicated that the U.S. government would be subjecting "homegrown violent extremists" to physical or digital surveillance.[5]
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20160210033042/https://cve.fbi.gov/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Violent_extremism&action=history
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/e6bd474e-2f00-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff
- ↑ https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/07/bringing-new-redirect-method-features.html
- ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-surveillance-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-widens-surveillance-to-include-homegrown-violent-extremists-documents-idUSKBN1CU1H6