Kye AllenYou Talkin’ to Me? Algorithmic Mirrors and Chatbot Radicalisation
In his latest assessment to Parliament, Jonathan Hall KC, the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of…
Kye AllenCould Chatbots Seduce Us into Extremism? Radicalisation Risks in an Age of AI Companions
In July, the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, relayed his…
Meili CriezisHave Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising
Following the 2019 Battle of Baghouz, which marked the Islamic State’s territorial collapse, IS-affiliated individuals…
Christopher DavidFractures on the (Storm-)Front: Contesting the Role of Women in White Supremacy
This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s…
Mauro LubranoBack to Basics: 325 and the Renewed Critique of Technological Civilisation
This Insight examines the return of 325, an insurrectionary anarchist zine, and the renewed prominence…
Ryan RatnamIntersectionality in the Incelosphere: Understanding the Racial Dimensions of Misogynistic Extremism
This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the…
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We are one week away from our year-in-review webinar focusing on the trends and developments that emerged in 2025, with a look ahead to 2026.
Join us next Tuesday at 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EST for the Zoom event. More details and registration can be found in the post below ⤵️
🗓️ Join us on Tuesday, December 16th at 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EST for our year-end webinar, ‘2025 in Focus: Emerging Trends, Key Developments, and Outlooks for 2026.'
For more details and to register, please follow the link below ⤵️
https://gnet-research.org/event/gnet-webinar-2025-in-focus-emerging-trends-key-developments-and-outlook-for-2026/
Kye Allen continues his exploration of the terrorist chatbot with a second Insight, looking specifically at youth, radicalisation, and P/CVE guardrails that need to be in place.
Read his first Insight on the subject ➡️
https://gnet-research.org/2025/12/08/you-talkin-to-me-algorithmic-mirrors-and-chatbot-radicalisation/
Today, Kye Allen examines the evidentiary basis for the terrorist #chatbot, its likelihood, and potential implications in light of the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's annual report to Parliament.
A new analysis by @malikacoexist54 looks at how IS-linked individuals in camps run by the Syrian Democratic Forces have used Instagram to seek financial support, and what this tells us about platform resilience, network behaviours, and monitoring gaps.