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  • Apr062023

    From Blaming China to Attacking Domestic Elites: The Evolution of Hate Speech in a Telegram Channel during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Introduction  Prior research has found that the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a wave of online hate speech against targets such as…

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  • Feb222023

    Duelling Narratives of Vitality and Victimhood on Right-Wing TikTok: Exploring the #Pureblood Trend

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    This article is the first in a series of GNET Insights about fascist health-related trends. Introduction COVID-19 vaccines emerged as…

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  • Jul202022

    White Nationalism, Stormfront, and the Extremist Politicisation of Science

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    For decades, terrorists and extremists have been harnessing the affordances of media in general, and the internet, specifically, for their…

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  • Mar142022

    “Victims of the Holocaust”: The ‘Freedom Convoy’ Subreddits as Spaces for Antisemitism and Far-Right Radicalisation

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    In its 2021 TE-SAT report, Europol explained that since the beginning of the pandemic “right-wing extremists exploited COVID-19 to support…

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  • Feb242022

    Communication Technologies, Conspiracies, and Disinformation in Latin America: COVID-19 and Beyond

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    The topic of Spanish-language misinformation and disinformation has received increasing attention in recent years, with a special focus on the…

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  • Nov252021

    COVID-19 Conspiricism and the Four Ds of Stochastic Terrorism

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    In the past weeks, Australian counter-terrorism officials have arrested and charged a man who encouraged anti-lockdown protesters to bring firearms…

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  • Oct262021

    Thinking About the Crime-Terror Nexus in the COVID-19 era

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    Research indicates that the end of the Cold War gave rise to the crime-terror nexus as states ended their support…

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  • Sep212021

    The Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Radicalisation to Violent Extremism

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    On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the newly discovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be a pandemic.…

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  • Sep082021

    Conspiracism, Extremism and the Battle Over Sacred Values

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    On 24 July 2021 in Australia, against the backdrop of a city and state sinking further into crisis, a rally…

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  • Jul082021

    Current and Emerging Threats by Violent Extremists: Results of the Online CENS Expert Survey

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    The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) designed an online expert survey, primarily to assess the pandemic’s impact on…

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