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  • Jul172023

    Beyond Fake News: Meta-Ideological Awareness (MIA) as an Antidote to Conspiracy and Radicalisation

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    Introduction  Online misinformation and disinformation are widely recognised as detrimental to society, most of all due to their links with…

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  • Jul132023

    Content Moderation Through Removal of Service: Content Delivery Networks and Extremist Websites

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    Introduction Kiwifarms was an internet forum known for its active targeting and harassment of trans people. In August 2022, the…

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  • Jul102023

    Are Jihadists Profiting from NFTs?

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    In September 2022, the Wall Street Journal published a report on our discovery of NFTs created by the Islamic State…

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  • Jul072023

    Tradwives: The Housewives Commodifying Right-Wing Ideology

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    Introduction Gaining prominence since 2020, Tradwives are an influential online community of right-wing women who espouse a highly traditional heteronormative…

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  • Jul052023

    Drone Use by Violent Extremist Organisations in Africa: The Case of Al-Shabaab

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    Introduction The widespread adoption of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems, commonly referred to as drones, has had a significant impact…

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  • Jul032023

    Falling Through the Cracks: Gender Bias in Online Counter-Terrorism and Prevention

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    Introduction In Orientalism (1978), the book that shaped post-colonial studies, Edward Said tried to understand how and why colonised countries…

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  • Jun302023

    How Gen Z is Changing Anti-Abortion Extremism Through ‘Queering’

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    I follow lots of feminist pages. I’m in lots of feminist and leftist groups. I’m in different agnostic and atheist…

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  • Jun282023

    Understanding Fashwave: The Alt-Right’s Ever-Evolving Media Strategy

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    Introduction While far-right extremists have a history of attempting to co-opt musical genres and spaces (including punk rock and heavy…

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  • Jun262023

    Moms for Liberty: The Use of Facebook to Spread Far-Right Propaganda and Change Public School Curriculum

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    Who Are Moms for Liberty? Over the past two years, numerous American headlines have referenced a new, so-called ‘parental rights’…

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  • Jun232023

    Terrorist Platform Migration: The Move to Smaller, Less Regulated Online Spaces

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    Introduction and Background The internet provides terrorists and violent extremist organisations (VEOs) with novel and useful means of achieving their…

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