Orisa ShintaSilent Recruitment: Extremist Child Targeting on Messaging Platforms in Indonesia
Read moreIn November 2025, Indonesia’s National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88 AT Polri), together with the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), reported…
Silvano Rizieri LuciniAn ‘Ode to Violence’: Extremist Exploitation of Viggle AI
Read moreNew and unique online platforms are seemingly constantly cropping up, often ripe for extremist exploitation even if moderation policies are…
Nurrisha IsmailExtremist Nasheeds: Emerging Subcultures and the Cultivation of Radical Online Communities in Southeast Asia
Read moreThis Insight relies on open-source intelligence to examine how nasheeds – Islamic hymns – are exploited by violent extremist actors,…
Margareta WetchyUndermoderated and Overlooked: Arabic Online Content on the Bondi Beach Attack
Read moreFollowing the heinous attack on members of the Jewish community celebrating Chanukkah on Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025, large…
Dr. Robert PelzerWarning Behaviours for Right-Wing Violent Radicalisation on Online Platforms: Conceptual Challenges and Empirical Findings
Read moreThis Insight draws on data from the RadiGaMe project and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology,…
Ulrike SchwertbergerGroup Dynamics in Far-Right Telegram Communities: A (Worthy) Challenge for Radicalisation Research
Read moreThis Insight draws on data from the RadiGaMe project and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology,…
Institute for Strategic DialogueBeyond Extremism: Platform Responses to Online Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence
Read moreSubcultures of nihilistic violence have emerged as a central threat, targeting and manipulating young people online. The Institute for Strategic…
Alessandro BolpagniExtremist Content Curation: Moderation Challenges on Pinterest and Means to Move Forward
Read moreOn 17 October 2025, the Coimisiún na Meán – Ireland’s agency for developing and regulating a thriving, diverse, creative, safe…
Georgia LalaFrom Confusion to Extremism: How Deepfakes Facilitate Radicalisation
Read moreOn 14 December 2025, two gunmen opened fire on a public Hanukkah celebration attended by 1,000 people on Bondi Beach…
Laurence BindnerTelegram Stars: Exploring Micropayment Exploitation, Digital Goods and the Evolving Tactics of Terrorist Financing
Read moreOver the past decade, terrorist organisations have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to adapt to disruption in the digital environment. As…
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