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  • Apr172026

    Beyond the Clan: Identity Formation, Influence, and Extremist Milieux in Online Gaming-Adjacent Spaces

    Over the past two decades, gaming environments have become increasingly social and massified. Multiplayer games…

  • Apr152026

    Jedag Jedug Jihadists: How TikTok Edits Turn Glorification of Jemaah Islamiyah Figures into Entertainment

    On Indonesian TikTok, figures associated with past Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist attacks are quietly reentering…

  • Apr132026

    The Resurgence of The Base in Europe: The Spanish Cell and a Transnational Accelerationist Network

    Introduction In December 2025, Spanish authorities dismantled a cell linked to The Base, an accelerationist…

  • Apr092026

    Francoism Online: Neo-Fascism, Memes, and Historical Revisionism in Spain

    In Spain, a recent study indicates that young men are showing an inclination toward far-right…

  • Apr072026

    Propaganda as Financial Infrastructure: How Islamic State and al-Qaeda Media Ecosystems Enable Terrorist Finance

    Propaganda ecosystems function as parallel trust infrastructures, enabling extremist organisations to coordinate financial activity outside…

  • Apr012026

    Operation Herof-2: BLA Propaganda, Female Fighters, and Virality on TikTok

    On 31 January 2026, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) launched a wave of large-scale coordinated…

Events
Apr 21 2026

GNET Webinar - Unpacking Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence: Bridging Research, Policy, and Law Enforcement Responses

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum to...

May 27 2026

The Sixth Annual GNET Conference

Join GNET at our upcoming spring conference: Threats in Focus: Re-Examining Terrorism and Violent Extremism...

Feb 19 2026

GNET Webinar - Beyond the Channel: Mapping Individual Risk and Collective Dynamics in Far-Right Radicalisation on Telegram

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), in collaboration with the RadiGaMe Project, invites...

Dec 16 2025

GNET Webinar - 2025 in Focus: Emerging Trends, Key Developments, and Outlooks for 2026

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

Sep 16 2025

GNET Webinar - Terrorist Financing: Trends, Technologies, and Countermeasures

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

Jul 03 2025

GNET Webinar - The AI Faultline: Extremist Innovation, Jailbreaking, and P/CVE Opportunities

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

May 28 2025

The Fifth Annual GNET Conference

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), a project of the Centre for Statecraft...

Apr 03 2025

GNET Webinar - Extremist Exploitation: Drones, 3D-Printed Weapons, and the Future of Hard Tech Innovation

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

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Based on a recent study, Dr William Allchorn and Dr Elisa Orofino highlight that gaming ecosystems can serve as “gateway social spaces” where individuals encounter ideological narratives and form identities aligned with broader extremist milieus.

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15 Apr

In response to a recent memefication trend, Nauval El Ghifari analyses how Indonesian TikTok accounts glorify prominent Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) figures through emotionally engaging digital content using a video-editing style known locally as “Jedag Jedug”.

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13 Apr

Building on a December investigation in #Spain, Urszula Mrozowska explores how the accelerationist network, The Base, operates online.

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10 Apr

🗓️ We are thrilled to announce GNET's Sixth Annual Conference on 27th May 2026!

Our theme this year: 'Threats in Focus: Re-Examining Terrorism and Violent Extremism at the Tech Frontier.'

For panel information and to register, visit the link below ⬇️

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