Erin Marie Saltman: How young people join violent extremist groups -- and how to stop them
Erin Marie Saltman: Kako se mladi pridružuju nasilnim ekstremističkim skupinama i kako ih u tome spriječiti
Dr. Erin Marie Saltman manages Facebook's counterterrorism and counter-extremism policy work for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Full bio
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in Far Right youth camp in Hungary.
desničarskom kampu mladih u Mađarskoj.
youth political socialization --
o političkoj socijalizaciji mladih...
political ideologies
of young people I was talking to
mladi s kojima sam razgovarala
of why people were joining.
a little bit too Jewish.
your last name goes first,
stavlja na prvo mjesto,
turned into "Salty Irena,"
postalo "Slana Irena",
I would have naturally chosen for myself.
that it was actually really fun.
što je zapravo bilo jako zabavno.
faces as targets.
actually, friendly, inclusive group
i tolerantni
anything to do with the Roma population,
very hate-based very quickly.
u smjeru mržnje.
violent extremist movements,
nasilnim ekstremističkim pokretima,
counter these processes?"
suzbijemo te procese?"
atrocities and attacks
but all over the world,
violent individuals.
with their upbringing."
s njihovim odgojem."
from educated backgrounds,
obrazovanih sredina,
i ekonomskih sredina,
I want to talk you through,
challenge this in a modern era?
da se tome danas suprotstavimo.
of different things
process of radicalization,
into push and pull factors.
poticanja i privlačenja.
for Far Right, neo-Nazi groups
radikalno desnih, neonacista
and terrorist groups.
ekstremističkih i terorističkih skupina.
what makes you vulnerable
čine vas osjetljivima
ekstremističkim skupinama.
a lot of different things,
a sense of isolation,
na osjećaj otuđivanja, izolacije,
is under attack,
on a nationality or an ethnicity
vezana uz nacionalnost ili etnicitet
are doing nothing to help.
ne čine ništa da bi pomogle.
do not make you a violent extremist,
ne čine osobu nasilnim ekstremistom
towards a group like the Roma population,
na romsku populaciju,
a violently mobilized group.
čimbenike privlačenja.
extremist organizations offering
ekstremističke organizacije nude,
very positive things,
o pozitivnim stvarima,
a spiritual purpose,
to build a utopian society
utopijsko društvo
and adventure.
at foreign terrorist fighters,
with the wind in their hair
and women going to join them
uz zalazak sunca.
that's the propaganda being given.
nudi se ta propaganda.
confusing, nuanced world
zbunjujućeg, šarolikog svijeta
into black and white,
about ISIS, Daesh,
Islamsku državu ili ISIL
in how we look at these processes,
prema tim procesima,
and their tactics.
and the usage of social media,
i upotrebe društvenih mreža,
tweeting and videos of beheadings.
i tvitovima s videozapisima dekapitacija.
does not radicalize you.
što vas čini radikalnim.
does do is it is a catalyst.
of a jihadist changed for us.
ogrnutog, mračnog džihadista.
we were in their kitchens.
u njihovim kuhinjama.
tweeting in their own languages.
tvitaju na svom jeziku.
talking about their wedding day,
pričaju o svom vjenčanju,
to Grand Theft Auto being made.
is that trying to counter it,
taj problem
and social media companies
and they'd just come back up,
i ponovno pojavljuju
having a 25th account
tko otvara 25. račun
disseminated everywhere.
and regulations of social media, too.
pravila i propise društvenih mreža.
conversation with a recruiter
banalan razgovor s regrutom
at which that conversation
less regulated,
track where that conversation went.
pratiti kamo razgovor vodi.
alternatives to censorship.
alternative cenzuri.
because it's state-building.
što nastoji stvoriti državu.
accountants, hackers and women.
računovođe, hakeri i žene.
a huge increase of women going
zadnjih 12 mjeseci.
of the people going over to join
osobe koje se pridružuju
this process with.
some of the positive things
o nekim pozitivnim stvarima
to prevent and counter violent extremism.
sprječavanja nasilnog ekstremizma.
than countering,
suprotstavljanje,
in medical terms.
medicinskim pojmovima.
so you are naturally resilient
a symptom or a sign
simptom ili znak
extremist ideology.
ekstremističkoj ideologiji.
about really broad groups of people
and agree with certain things online,
neke stvari na internetu,
if somebody already has a swastika tattoo
of each one of those levels
za svaku od tih razina
of engaging with people are becoming.
that we helped develop.
koji smo pomogli razviti.
within a classroom setting,
can be very hard to try to explain,
zna biti teško objašnjiv,
and survivors of extremism
i onih koji su preživjeli ekstremizam
and create question-giving to classrooms,
i postavljaju pitanja
razgovor o temi u razredu.
fighting for ISIS,
i poginuo za ISIL,
and where they're at and regret,
o tome gdje su sada i za čim žale,
to have a dialogue around it.
of individuals,
pojedinaca,
of civil society voices.
građanskih glasova.
that are looking for information online,
koji traže informacije na internetu,
identity questions?
na pitanja o identitetu?
large groups of civil society voices
velike skupine građanskih udruga
app developers, artists, comedians,
programera, umjetnika, komičara,
to very strategic audiences.
na internetu.
creating a satirical video
to 15- to 20-year-olds online
od 15 do 20 godina na internetu
to be very specific,
možemo izraditi da budu konkretni
when somebody's viewing, watching
it's not me or you --
o meni ili vama...
that we are looking to engage with.
koju želimo angažirati.
a pilot program called "One to One,"
probni program "Jedan na jedan",
to a group of labeled neofascists
skupini poznatih neofašista,
Messenger into their inbox, saying,
Facebook Messengera, u kojima kažu:
I've been there.
Bio sam tamo.
from this sort of interaction.
u takvoj vrsti komunikacije.
a former neo-Nazi say, "Hey, how are you?"
kaže: "Hej, kako si?"
that around 60 percent
had sustained engagement,
reagiralo je na angažman,
having conversations
about what they were going through,
o tome što im se događa,
for talking about these subjects,
vezane uz te predmete,
unlikely sectors to the table.
all over the world,
their messages are not strategic
the audiences they want to reach.
of former extremists.
in different parts of the world.
u različitim dijelovima svijeta.
to bring the tech sector to the table
and marketing expertise
s iskustvom u marketingu
a more robust and challenging of extremism
that if you are in the audience
that this is your sector,
that you have right now
suprotstavimo ekstremizmu.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Erin Marie Saltman - Policy researcherDr. Erin Marie Saltman manages Facebook's counterterrorism and counter-extremism policy work for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Why you should listen
Dr. Erin Marie Saltman's background and expertise includes both Far Right and Islamist extremist processes of radicalization within a range of regional and socio-political contexts. Her research and publications have focused on the evolving nature of online extremism and terrorism, gender dynamics within violent extremist organizations and youth radicalization. Saltman has previously held senior research positions at Quilliam Foundation and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, where she managed international programs. She has also worked with local activists, artists and techies to challenge violent extremism.
As Facebook's Counterterrorism Policy Manager based in London, Saltman regularly speaks with both governments and NGOs on issues related to how Facebook counters terrorism and violent extremism. She has also helped establish the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, bringing together leading industry partners (Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter) with smaller startups and tech companies to create cross-platform knowledge sharing, technology solutions and research.
Saltman remains a Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. She is a graduate of Columbia University (BA) and University College London (MA and PhD). View her articles and publications here.
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