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Archive for August, 2021

  • Aug312021

    Erstwhile Allies and Community Convergence: A Preliminary Study of Online Interactions Between Salafi-Jihadists and White Supremacists

    Recent research has begun to explore the overlaps and interactions between Salafi-jihadist and white supremacist movements and their supporters. Examining…

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  • Aug312021

    One -Stop -Shop for Recruitment and Dating: Extremists’ Exploitation of Dating Platforms

    Dating apps have become an essential part of life, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, as individuals have limited face-to-face interactions.…

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  • Aug252021

    The Role of Online Communities in Supporting 3D-Printed Firearms

    On 9 October 2019, Stephen Balliet, a 27-year-old German neo-Nazi, shot to death two people and injured another two near…

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  • Aug242021

    Connecting the Fringes: Neo-Nazi Glorification of Salafi-Jihadi Representations Online

    On 1 April 2021, the French security service of the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI) received an urgent…

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  • Aug232021

    The Global Jihadist Movement and Cyberterrorism

    The events of 11 September 2001 placed jihadi-inspired extremism at the forefront of counterterrorism policy. Legislation such as the USA…

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  • Aug202021

    Memes in Far-Right Digital Visual Culture

    Internet memes are an important means of visual communication for the far-right. As American white supremacist Richard Spencer bragged to…

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  • Aug172021

    The Great Subcultural Convergence: How Illiberalism is Whipping Up a Storm

    What are the extremist threats being incubated thanks to the technological advantages of the Internet? We could easily answer this…

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  • Aug162021

    From ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis

    The fast-unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the Taliban’s territorial juggernaut and the fall of Kabul, also became a significant…

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  • Aug132021

    Insurrection Snapshot: Emerging Narrative Themes Following the January 6 Storming of the US Capitol

    Although individuals on the far right, fascists, and white supremacists had a prior presence on Telegram, the aftermath of the…

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  • Aug112021

    The ‘4M Way’ to Promoting Alternative Narratives to Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim Mindanao

    Following the collapse of the so-called caliphate in March 2019, Islamic State (IS) has “repositioned its propaganda narrative to one…

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