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Archive for September, 2020

  • Sep292020

    Exposing Terror, Building Resilience: Harnessing Citizen Journalists and Social Media to Confront Terrorism

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    “I can’t report”; “I don’t trust the security forces to report”; “I have reported before, but he–the terrorist–was released”; “reporting…

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  • Sep282020

    Artificial Intelligence and Countering Violent Extremism: A Primer

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    This report is also available in French, German and Arabic. Please read on for the Introduction. According to popular belief,…

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  • Sep252020

    GNET Research Digest – September 2020

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

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  • Sep252020

    Geographically Contextualising Right-Wing Extremism for Tech Platforms: A Perspective From India

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    A rise in right-wing extremism in the United States has forced the FBI to call out a domestic terrorism threat.…

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  • Sep242020

    Increased Visibility of Far-Right Movements in Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Australia, once touted as a model for a considered and sustainable approach to COVID-19 is now in an interesting position…

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  • Sep222020

    Diaries of Female Jihadists Imprisoned in Al-Hol Camp: An Analysis

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    Al-Hol Camp is located in Northern Syria, and shelters close to 70,000 people; mostly women and children who previously lived…

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  • Sep212020

    Part 2: Algorithmic Agency in Online Extremism: The Bigger Picture

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    The rapid pace of technological evolution and tactics of adversarial attacks confer epistemic authority to data scientists. These experts play…

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  • Sep182020

    Striking Similarities Between Islamist Terrorism and Violent Right-Wing Extremism

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    In his book Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition (2018), Francis Fukuyama describes nationalism and Islamism as…

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  • Sep172020

    No Child’s Play: The Identitarian Movement’s ‘Patriotic’ Video Game

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    On 15 September, the German-speaking branch of the Identitarian Movement (Identitäre Bewegung; IB) released its first video game: A classic…

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  • Sep152020

    Part 1: Algorithmic Deconstruction in the Context of Online Extremism

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    Threats to cyberspace typically arise from intentional agents as well as systemic threats that emanate from the innate unpredictability of…

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