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Insights

  • Aug212026

    Closing the Gap: Consolidating Terrorist Threat Intelligence in Frontier AI Governance

    Government and industry leaders alike increasingly employ frameworks to assess and mitigate notable AI risks. These frameworks heavily index on…

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  • Aug192026

    Hezbollah’s Financing Networks:  A Threat Far Beyond Lebanon

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of Terrorism Online (CFTO). GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Aug172026

    From Propaganda to Practice: Instructional Media and the Diffusion of Drone Capabilities in Jihadist Ecosystems

    On 1 May 2026, Marvin Aneer Jalo was sentenced in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States for an Islamic State…

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  • Aug122026

    From Lab Expertise to Chat Interface: The New Risk of Toxin-Level Attacks

    A recent report published by the New York Times (NYT) has shown that publicly accessible artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, when…

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  • Aug102026

    Fruit, Vegetable, and Brain Rot: The Use of Generative AI to Produce Violence-Based Viral Trends

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed online culture by making content creation faster, cheaper, and virtually limitless. There are various platforms…

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  • Aug072026

    From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit

    From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit Amidst an increasing awareness of the manosphere’s impact in…

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  • Aug052026

    From Blackpill Fatalism to Misanthropy: Unpacking the Motivation of the Schongau School Shooter

    Content warning: This Insight contains mentions of suicide, rape, and hateful language.  On 8 July 2026, a 16-year-old armed attacker…

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  • Aug042026

    The Sixth Annual GNET Conference: A Summary of Key Takeaways

    On Wednesday, 27 May, the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) hosted its Sixth Annual Conference, as part of…

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  • Jul272026

    Artificial Intelligence and Extremist Capability: How AI Lowers the Barriers Between Intent and Capability

    The execution of mass-casualty attacks has historically been more constrained by extremists’ capability than by their motivation. Wanting to cause…

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  • Jul232026

    “The New Crusade”: What the San Diego Attackers’ Manifesto Reveals About Contemporary Radicalisation

    On 18 May 2026, 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez and 17-year-old Cain Clark carried out a mass-casualty attack at the Islamic Center…

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