OSCE launches online course on preventing and countering violent extremism and terrorism on the Internet

The Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department launched an E-learning Course on Preventing and Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes on 25 May 2020. 

The course is designed for a broad range of beneficiaries, including policymakers, law enforcement and government officials involved in security issues, as well as academics and practitioners from the non-state sector interested in learning more about the topic.

The E-learning course is available in the English and Russian languages and divided into two modules. The first module explores and provides real-world examples of how violent extremists and terrorists misuse the Internet. Drawing on the wealth of work and guidance that has been developed on this topic, including the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum’s (GCTF) Zurich-London Recommendations for Preventing Violent Extremism Online, the second module looks at how to effectively respond to these challenges in a human rights-compliant and gender mainstreamed manner and presents practical guidance through the lens of concrete examples including regulation, oversight, communication responses, and public-private partnerships.

The course is available for free on the OSCE E-learning platform. 

The course was developed under an extra-budgetary programme and made possible by the contributions of Austria, Luxembourg and Spain.