Chelsea DaymonOnline Extremist Funding Campaigns: COVID-19 and Beyond
Read moreOn 5 August 2020 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia filed a criminal complaint for forfeiture…
Isaac KfirCounterterrorism and Terrorist Innovation
Read moreHistorically, counterterrorism has largely been reactive, adopting policies and measures to respond to what violent extremists do. The purpose of…
Carsten BeyerEditing for the Caliphate: Assessing Islamic State’s Editing Process and Equipment
Read moreFor the past six years, Islamic State’s media has awed potential recruits and shocked their enemies. The media has been…
Dr. Carol WinklerMilitant Group Attacks Types and Shifts in Media Campaigns
Read moreInterviews with imprisoned and former members of Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda document that such group’s online media campaigns provide…
Simon CopelandTerrorist e-Autobiographies: An Underexamined Form of Online Propaganda?
Read moreWhilst terrorists have long been noted as proficient writers, their autobiographical accounts have traditionally been viewed sceptically as after-the-fact justifications…
Cameron SumpterCatfishing to Counter Extremism: Lessons from an Indonesian Experiment
Read moreFrom anxious captive audiences to fresh subversive narratives, COVID-19 has been a boon for those who peddle their extremism in…
Dr. William AllchornMoving Away from Islamist Extremism: Assessing Counter Narrative Responses to the Far-Right Online
Read moreOver the past decade and a half, counter-narratives – defined as ‘messages that…, deconstruct or delegitimise extremist narratives’ (Tuck and…
Yorck BeeseAn Interview on Islamic State’s Media Work in 2014 – Five Questions with Medyan Dairieh Part 1
Read moreIt seemed unlikely to get in touch with Medyan Dairieh, a man who has stopped giving interviews. To add to…
Francesco MaroneItaly and the Vatican in Islamic State Propaganda
Read moreIn recent weeks, Islamic State (IS) targeted Italy in its official online propaganda. The jihadist organisation explicitly mentioned the country…
Tim LegrandState-Sponsored Right-Wing Extremism: A Hybridity of Threat to Liberal Democracy
Read moreThe weaponisation of ideas is hardly new. But the almost limitless potential of cyberspace to spread ideas of hate remakes…
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