Daria AlexeAl-Qaeda’s Cyber Jihad Movement: Plugging into Iran’s Wartime Hacktivist Ecosystem
On 4 March 2026, the Cyber Jihad Movement (CJM) issued a communiqué on its official…
Rueben DassUnderstanding Terrorist Innovation: A Case Study in Drone Adoption
Modern conflict has been shaped by the use of new and emerging technologies. The use…
Tanya MehraThe Designation of 764 Network: Why Does it Matter?
The 764 network is an international online sadistic network which operates at the intersection of…
Rahim NasarOperation Herof-2: How Hakkal Media Weaponised the BLA’s Narrative Online
On 31 January, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation, launched the…
Maria Remiro SorianoInside the Discord Server: Echo Chambers and the Spread of Gen-Z Radicalisation
This Insight examines how extremist aesthetics and narratives inspired by jihadist groups are produced, circulated,…
Arunita DasAI-led Content Moderation Tools: Are They The Answer To Combatting Online Extremism in Canada?
Social media has proven to be a significant medium fomenting violent extremism, the circulation and…
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In his latest Insight, Rueben Dass examines key factors shaping terrorist groups’ decisions to pursue particular technological innovations, with drone adoption as the primary case study.
Against the backdrop of discussions on Canada designating 764 as a terrorist group, Tanya Mehra evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of applying this label to such networks and offers practical recommendations for responding to the growing threat.
Today, @RahimNasari critically analyses how Hakkal media projected BLA’s coordinated attacks, narrative dominance, and symbolic gender escalation to shape perception during Operation Herof-2.
In a new piece, María Remiro Soriano and Miguel Gómez Catalán examine how extremist aesthetics and narratives inspired by jihadist groups are produced, circulated, and normalised within digital communities hosted on Discord.