GNET TeamGNET Research Digest – April 2020
Read moreWelcome to the April edition of the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) research digest. Your digest contains a…
Manjana SoldThe Amalgamation of Virtuality and Reality in Radicalisation Processes
Read moreVirtuality has long since become an integral part of the world we live in today. It is thus not surprising…
Dr. Colin ClarkeThe ‘Incel’ Ideology Continues to Build a Strong Following in the Online ‘Manosphere’
Read moreWhile most of the counterterrorism community has focused on the threat posed by Salafi-jihadists and radical right-wing extremists, the growth…
Julien BellaicheOnline Antisemitism in Times of COVID-19
Read moreOn 7 April, Germany’s Commissioner on antisemitism Felix Klein warned of a surge in antisemitism with the spread of the…
Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens5G and the Far Right: How Extremists Capitalise on Coronavirus Conspiracies
Read moreNot since 9/11 has a global event given so much opportunity to conspiracy theorists as the novel coronavirus pandemic. The…
Dr. Eviane Leidig“#CoronaJihad”: How the Far-Right in India is Responding to the Pandemic
Read moreA number of far-right extremists have recently taken to social media platforms to spread conspiratorial content about COVID-19. Such conspiracy…
Aymenn Al-TamimiCoronavirus and Official Islamic State Output: An Analysis
Read more‘Islamic State is avoiding Europe/telling fighters to avoid Europe’: headlines and stories along these lines circulated in many media outlets…
Kabir TanejaIslamic State Propaganda in India
Read moreThe 221st issue of Islamic State’s (IS) al-Naba’ newsletter was perhaps the first time IS dedicated an entire page to…
Manjana SoldThe Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic
Read moreVarious aspects of society and everyday life have become affected by the clampdown on the Coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions…
Marc-André ArgentinoThe COVID Conspiracy Files
Read moreThe world is now four months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant infodemic. Though efforts have been made to…
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