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Insights

  • Sep022026

    Playful Extremism: Unmasking Jihadist Identifiers in Roblox Games Among Minors

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    As has long been recognised, terrorist organisations have moved from spreading propaganda through simple websites and forums to using multiple…

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  • Aug312026

    ‘From the Belly of the Beast!’: Militant Accelerationists and the Iran War

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    Introduction Against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran War, a strand of militant accelerationism has rallied—with varying sincerity—behind the Islamic…

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  • Aug212026

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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

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