Transnational terrorism and the internet

Quy-Toan Do, Nicolas Gomez-Parra and Bob Rijkers

Journal of Development Economics, 2023, vol. 164, issue C

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Internet; Social media; Transnational terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 H56 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103118

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