Stifling dissent in a digital age—when governments endorse terrorists’ tactics: What PVE practices can be applied to Afghanistan and India Gazbiah Sans (PVE Works) Abstract: Government sponsored terrorism in the digital age contributes to mis/disinformation and the polarization of the citizenry. This presentation explores digital transformation in social media by government and citizentry in both Afghanistan and India. It provides PVE interventions in digital innovation and digital literacy for communities to build social cohesion and resilience to counter VE narratives.
Analysis of CVE Through Social Media – Pakistan’s Case Dr Shabana Fayyaz (Quaid-i-Azam University)
Abstract: This research study analyses empirically the use of social media for countering violent extremism (CVE) in the context of Pakistan. The central focus is how online platforms – in particular social media – are being used by radical non-state actors and how social media can be used for CVE at both the societal and the state level. The multiple types, challenges and opportunities of employing social media as a tool for online CVE are discussed at the micro and macro levels. The discussion will draw on in-depth and indigenous research on the dissemination of terrorist propaganda online and content moderation, in the Pakistani context, with a particular focus on gender roles. The key conclusion is that online CVE requires an inclusive and proactive approach at the policymaking level. This in turn requires rewriting the Social Contract between the State and Society, wherein people are seen as the equal stakeholder in crafting and instituting an effective CVE through social media. Social media should be seen as an ‘asset’ for CVE rather than a ‘threat’ in the larger strategic calculus of Islamabad.
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