Transnational terrorism and the internet

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Do, Quy-Toan; Gomez-Parra, Nicolas; Rijkers, Bob
• 署名单位: The World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; Utrecht University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103118
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: INTERNET; Social media; Transnational terrorism

摘要

Does the internet enable the recruitment of transnational terrorists? Using geo-referenced population census data and personnel records from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - a highly tech-savvy terrorist organization - this paper shows that internet access has facilitated the organization's recruitment of foreign fighters from Tunisia. The positive association between internet access and Daesh recruitment is concentrated among younger cohorts.