Francis OkpalekeEyes in the Sky: The Innovation Dilemma of Drone Proliferation among Violent Non-State Actors in the Sahel
Read moreIntroduction The Sahel, with its vast geographical expanse and porous borders, has become a hub for violent non-state actors (VNSAs),…
Saddiq BashaThe Creeping Influence of the Extreme Right’s Meme Subculture in Southeast Asia’s TikTok Community
Read moreIntroduction In a GNET Insight from November 2023, Jonathan Sarwono identified the presence of an extreme right TikTok community based…
Meili CriezisThe Moscow Terrorist Attack: Pro-Islamic State Narratives and their Wider Implications
Read moreIntroduction On 22 March 2024, four gunmen entered Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia and carried out an attack killing…
Sajid AzizVirtual Battlegrounds: Understanding the Online Campaign of Baloch Separatist Groups in Pakistan
Read moreBackground Heavy breathing fills the audio as the head-mounted camera captures a gun, apparently an M203 Under-Barrel Grenade Launcher, its…
Kris McGuffiePreventing Extremist Violence Using Existing Content Moderation Tools
Read moreKris McGuffie is a member of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). The EGRN works together to uncover how…
Ella BuschThe Deepfake Threat to the 2024 US Presidential Election
Read moreIntroduction As the 2024 US election campaign ramps up, artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes are already having a corrosive effect…
Amin MekacherPreparing for the Boogaloo: How Far-Right Communities Rallied on Discord for the Unite the Right Rally
Read moreIntroduction In August 2017, Charlottesville, Virginia, had its streets swarmed by white nationalists, klansmen and far-right militia in a demonstration…
Yosua PradityaThe COVID-19 Pandemic Exploited by Extremists: A Comparative Analysis of Indonesia and Germany
Read moreIntroduction COVID-19 social restrictions provided fertile ground for extremists around the world. During lockdown, as people spent significantly more time…
Joshua Bowes‘It’s Over! White People are Finished’: Accelerationist Memes using Generative AI on 4chan’s ‘/pol‘
Read moreContent Warning: this Insight contains antisemitic, racist and hateful imagery and language. Introduction Contemporary research on the use of the…
Paola TestaCLASSIFIED 1948/2024: What Israeli AI Implementation Teaches Us About the Warfare of Tomorrow
Read moreIntroduction Israel has become one of the most technologically advanced and AI-driven countries in the world almost 76 years after…
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