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    Online Spousal Rape Networks: Advancing Violent Misogyny in Real Time

    A CNN report uncovered an online ‘Rape Academy,’ and the investigation revealed a global network…

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    Truth, Trust, and Extremism: The Sovereign Citizen Movement and Porepunkah

    Truth, Trust, and Extremism: The Sovereign Citizen Movement and Porepunkah On 27 August 2025, ten…

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    Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia: New Hybrid Group Threatens and Confounds European Security Landscape

    On a busy London street in broad daylight, a heavyset man walking down a sidewalk…

  • May072026

    A Growing Global Threat: A Streamed Nihilistic Attack in Italy

    On 25 March, a 13-year-old student carried out a stabbing attack at his middle school…

  • May052026

    Not Just Copycat: Digital Ecology of School-Targeted Violence in Lázaro Cárdenas

    On 24 March 2026, a 15-year-old student allegedly carried out an armed attack at a…

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    The ‘True Crime Community Stoplight Model’: Understanding Digital Pathways and Tumbler Ridge

    Content warning: This Insight contains mention of suicide, violence against children, and transphobic slurs. On…

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May 27 2026

The Sixth Annual GNET Conference

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

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...

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...

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Exploring reactions to Dezi Freeman's recent death among Sovereign Citizen groups and the broader online conspiracist milieu, Dr Gerard Gill situates these responses within the wider crisis of truth and trust affecting Australia and the Western world.

. @sadarlo1 provides an overview of HAYI and its claimed attacks to date, including the tactics and technologies it has employed, comparable hybrid warfare tactics used by other actors, and recommendations for policymakers and practitioners moving forward.

Manfredi Pozzoli analyses the recent attack in Trescore Balneario, Italy. He then focuses on the changing extremist threat landscape in #Italy and highlights current policy gaps that could complicate P/CVE efforts.

Today, @RicardoPenteado examines the Lázaro Cárdenas attack through a broader lens, helping to illuminate how school-targeted violence is shaped by contemporary digital environments.

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