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Archive for 2025

  • Mar272025

    The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote

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    Introduction  Following the announcement on 15 January that TikTok would be banned in the United States on 19 January 2025,…

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  • Mar242025

    Cryptocurrency and Extremism: How Social Network Analysis is Used to Track Extremist Cryptocurrency Donations

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    Introduction Among the digital tools emerging in today’s decentralised financial framework, cryptocurrency has been especially attractive for extremist fundraising by…

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  • Mar202025

    Building Tech Capacity: Cross-Cultural, Gender-Responsive Solutions to Prevent Extremism in Gaming

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    Introduction  When discussing social harms in online gaming spaces, the term “toxicity” frequently takes centre stage. It is often used…

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  • Mar182025

    Digital Pathways to Violence: the Tech Ecosystem Behind the Antioch Shooting

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    Introduction: Technology, Radicalisation, and Security Failures On 22 January 2025, a 17-year-old student carried out a shooting at Antioch High…

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  • Mar142025

    Sadaqah Jariyah: The Thriving Cryptocurrency Fundraising Efforts Behind ISKP’s Official Media

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    Methodology The authors monitored the official and unofficial channels, as well as internal discussions of ISKP media operatives and supporters,…

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  • Mar132025

    Free the Captives: Islamic State Central Asian Fundraising Networks in Support of IS Families in Syria and Iraq

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    Methodology The authors monitored the financial and propaganda activities of IS women and ISKP propagandists on Telegram, and Instagram between…

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  • Mar122025

    The Rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria: From Wartime Propaganda to Diplomatic Rhetoric

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    Introduction Less than two weeks were enough for the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led ‘Operations Room’ to overthrow the tyrannical and…

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  • Mar102025

    The EU’s AI Act: Implications on Justice and Counter-Terrorism 

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    Introduction The European Union’s AI Act, adopted in June 2024, represents the first multinational framework regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) development…

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  • Mar072025

    Mapping the Enemy, Mobilising the Future: Surveillance and Recruitment Strategies of Lakurawa Terror Group in Nigeria

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    Introduction In November 2024, Nigerian authorities officially declared the Lakurawa group a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country.…

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  • Mar052025

    Hate, Harms and Hashing: An Overview of OFCOM Guidance for P/CVE

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    Introduction On the 16th of December 2024, the government-backed UK media regulation body, OFCOM, published the Illegal Harms Codes, a…

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