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Archive for May, 2020

  • May312020

    GNET Research Digest – May 2020

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    Welcome to the May edition of the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) research digest. Your digest contains a…

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  • May282020

    The Coronavirus Isn’t Immune From the Far-Right

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    Far-right extremists online leap from one topic to another, trolling, distorting, and amplifying everything from widespread news stories to more…

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  • May262020

    The Internet and Lone Wolf Terrorism in India

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    The term “lone wolf” attacks may lead some to assume such endeavours to be a single individual’s undertaking. However, research…

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  • May212020

    How the Far-Right Uses Memes in Online Warfare

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    With the advent of Web 2.0, memes have become a popular means of communication. Primarily taking the form of an…

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  • May182020

    Call to Arms: Social Media and Far-Right Narratives of COVID-19

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    Whilst most of us isolating due to COVID-19 trawl social media for factual information, updated guidelines and messages of hope…

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  • May142020

    Early Warning? Opportunities And Limits Of Automated Internet Monitoring

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    Policymakers have invested considerable effort and research funding to understand the role of the Internet in radicalisation processes and attack…

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  • May132020

    Extremist Responses to COVID-19 in Latin America

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    Expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic has been leveraged by armed non-state actors in numerous ways. Much of the attention to…

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  • May112020

    Weighing the Value and Risks of Deplatforming

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    Last month, the video platform TikTok banned far-right extremists Britain First and Tommy Robinson, the latest action taken by a…

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  • May072020

    The Gift of the Gab: The Utilisation of COVID-19 for Neo-Nazi Recruitment

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    Following the confiscation of the domain of the right-wing forum Fascist Forge, neo-Nazi recruiters have been migrating over to the…

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  • May062020

    Remembering Toronto: Two Years Later, Incel Terrorism Threat Lingers

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    Two years after Alek Minassian’s homicidal vehicular rampage through Toronto, the deadliest incel terrorist attack to date, the violent fringes…

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