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Archive for 2021

  • Mar232021

    No Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of Children

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    Imagine the horror of seeing a child in a video executing an individual. Islamic State (IS) raised the brutality of…

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  • Mar232021

    Mexican Cartel Use of Social Media

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    The use of social media by the Mexican cartels dates back approximately to the 2005-2006 era when the initial cartel…

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  • Mar222021

    Cyber-Enabled Extremism in Australia

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    While still a relatively young and geographically isolated nation state, Australia is no stranger to extremism. Over time, since the…

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  • Mar192021

    The Issue Isn’t Incels. It’s Racist Misogyny.

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    On 16 March 2021, NBC News reporter Kimmy Yam published a piece that summarised the research done by the organisation…

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  • Mar182021

    Rhetoric of Hate: A Case Study in Anti-East Asian Bigotry

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    On 16 March 2021, a man carried out a series of shootings at three massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia which…

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  • Mar172021

    Pastel QAnon

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    On 21 July 2020, Twitter Safety announced that they will be taking a stronger enforcement against “behavior that has the…

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  • Mar152021

    Leaving the World of ‘Impiety’: French Salafi Settlers in Mauritania

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    Since 2019, online calls for hijra to Mauritania have soared within radical Islamist communities on the Internet. ‘Hijra’ is a…

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  • Mar122021

    The WQmen of QAnon

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    Women play an important part in radical and violent extremist movements; however, since men carry out the majority of violent…

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  • Mar112021

    The Ethics of Regulating Extremism Online: Five Elements for Content Moderation Frameworks

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    In the wake of the storming of the US capitol on 6 January, we saw unprecedented responses by tech companies…

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  • Mar102021

    Comparing the Online Posting Behaviours of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists

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    Despite the ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and assess the online activities of violent extremists prior…

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