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  • Sep242025

    Gen-Zs and Ghost Guns: Trends, Threats and Implications

    Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several criminal…

  • Sep222025

    Virtual Worlds, Real Threats: Violent Extremist Exploitation of Roblox and Wider Gaming Ecosystems

    In January 2025, a man named James Wesley Burger used Roblox—a platform designed for creativity…

  • Sep172025

    Mapping Terrorist AI Use: Identifying Factors Behind a Relatively Slow Adoption Rate

    Over the past three years, regional, national, and international governments have repeatedly raised concerns that…

  • Sep152025

    Evolution, Expansion and Diversification: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Umar Media

    Since 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the…

  • Sep102025

    State of the Art: Unpacking the FATF’s Terrorist Financing Threat Assessment 

    On 8 July 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the global standard setter…

  • Sep082025

    Can Gaming Support Disengagement? Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Innovative Disengagement Approaches

    The last few years have seen an increase in research efforts detailing how extremist actors…

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Sep 16 2025

GNET Webinar - Terrorist Financing: Trends, Technologies, and Countermeasures

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

Jul 03 2025

GNET Webinar - The AI Faultline: Extremist Innovation, Jailbreaking, and P/CVE Opportunities

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

May 28 2025

The Fifth Annual GNET Conference

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), a project of the Centre for Statecraft...

Apr 03 2025

GNET Webinar - Extremist Exploitation: Drones, 3D-Printed Weapons, and the Future of Hard Tech Innovation

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), with support from the Global Internet Forum...

Feb 27 2025

GNET Webinar - Countering Discrimination, Hate and Extremism in Tech Industry and Gaming Policy

Where: Online via Zoom When: Thursday 27th February, 17:00 GMT/12:00 EST What: Presentation and Q&A This GNET webinar...

Dec 10 2024

GNET Webinar - A Year in Review: 2024 Trends and Developments in Extremism and Technology

Where: Online via Zoom When: Tuesday 10th December, 14:00 GMT/ 09:00 EST What: 30-minutes of presentations followed by...

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24 Sep

Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several violent extremist examples in recent years. Rueben Dass aims to shed light on the global trends pertaining to youth involvement with 3DPFs with this Insight.

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22 Sep

Today, Tore Refslund Hamming discusses how gaming platforms have become attractive digital spaces for extremists, focusing specifically on #Roblox and recent cases of extremist exploitation.

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17 Sep

Despite widespread warnings, terrorists’ adoption of Generative AI has so far been largely ad hoc and experimental. @DavidWellsCT contrasts TVE use with serious/organised crime & outlines what could shape future adoption.

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