Insights
Bàrbara Molas‘Tomatoes for Tanks’: Humour and Violence in Post-Brexit Meme Culture
In 2022, the humanitarian organisation World Vision published a report warning about the spread of…
Primitivo III Cabanes RagandangYouths Challenging Violent Extremism through Digital Platforms in the Philippines
Introduction “They tolerated the ISIS in Marawi. ISIS sympathisers!” “They deserve it. They were handlers…
Catherine TebaldiGranola Nazis: Digital Traditionalism, the Folkish Movement and the Normalisation of the Far-Right
Introduction Digital traditionalist women carefully cultivate winsome images on Instagram: harvesting fields of beets with…
Khalil BoughaliFrank James: The New York Subway Shooter’s Radical Discourse on Social Media
Introduction On April 12, 2022, Frank R. James carried out a shooting in the New…
GNET TeamUnpacking the Incelosphere: In-group Categorisation, Incel Purity, and Competition
Introduction In the near-decade since the first publicly recognised act of incel violence in 2014,…
Emilia LounelaDiscourses of Violence in Incel Online Discussions After the Plymouth Shooting
Introduction In August 2021, a young man attacked and killed his mother in Plymouth, UK.…
Sarah DalyUnderstanding Incels’ Online Behaviour and Perceptions of Hateful Content
Introduction Recent years have seen an increase in awareness and concern about incels, or involuntarily…
Rutger SjoertsIncel PR: The Rebranding of the Incel Community & the Role of Media and Academia
Certain usernames and names of forums have been removed to avoid amplifying their voices and…
Dr Alta GrobbelaarCan ‘Cyberterrorism’ Really Exist in Africa?
Introduction Since the 1990s and the end of the Cold War, Africa has experienced a…
Meili CriezisSoliciting Online Bayʿat: Pro-Islamic State Responses to Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi’s Death
On 30 November 2022, the official Islamic State spokesman, Abu Omar al-Muhajir, confirmed the death…
Lucas WebberThe Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s Enduring Influence on IS-Khurasan
The Islamic State’s Khurasan Province (ISKP) has drastically expanded its propaganda apparatus in recent months,…
Kenneth YeoRebranding the East Asia Knights: A Reflection of Dawlah Islamiyah’s Effort to Learn
What is the East Asia Wilayah? On 8 January 2023, the main Southeast Asian Islamic…
Reports
Islamic State Online: A Look at the Group’s South Asian Presence on Alternate Platforms
Tackling Online Terrorist Content Together: Cooperation between Counterterrorism Law Enforcement and Technology Companies
Learning from Foes: How Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists Embrace and Mimic Islamic State’s Use of Emerging Technologies
The Role of Violent Conspiratorial Narratives in Violent and Non‐Violent Extreme Right Manifestos Online, 2015‐2020
Manipulating Access To Communication Technology: Government Repression or Counterterrorism?
Can the Right Meme? (And How?): A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures
‘Fogging’ and ‘Flooding’: Countering Extremist Mis/Disinformation After Terror Attacks
GNET Survey on the Role of Technology in Violent Extremism and the State of Research Community-Tech Industry Engagement