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Insights

  • 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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  • Feb202023

    Assessing the Impact of 3D-Printed Weapons on the Violent Extremist Milieu

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    Introduction  In October 2022, British police raided a suspected gun factory in northwest London, which was found to be producing…

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  • Feb172023

    Weapons of Mass Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and the Production of Extremist Propaganda

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    Introduction In late 2022, OpenAI publicly released some of the most sophisticated deep-learning models – DALL-E and Chat GPT. These…

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  • Feb152023

    The Dangers of Pseudohistorical Conspiracy Theories

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    Introduction In November 2022, Netflix released their controversial documentary-style series entitled Ancient Apocalypse. It featured the musings of Graham Hancock,…

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  • Feb102023

    Holocaust Memorial Day and the Contemporary Threat of Online Holocaust Denial 

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    On 8 February 2023, the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), the Global Network on Extremism and Technology…

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  • Feb092023

    Preventing Extremism through Storytelling and Gaming

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    On 2 February 2023, GNET and the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) hosted a webinar on ‘Preventing Extremism through…

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  • Feb082023

    From Atari to Allahu Akbar: Comparing White Supremacist and Jihadist Uses of Gamified Extremism

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    Firas Mahmoud is a research fellow of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). EGRN brings together world-leading counter-extremism organisations…

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  • Feb062023

    God of Race War: The Utilisation of Viking-Themed Video Games in Far-Right Propaganda

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    Ashton Kingdon is a Research Fellow of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). EGRN brings together world-leading counter-extremism organisations…

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  • Feb022023

    The Wieambilla Siege and Conspiracy-Fuelled Violent Extremism in Australia

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    Introduction Gun violence is rare in Australia. In response to the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, Australia implemented strict gun…

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  • Jan312023

    Millenarianism in Australia’s ‘Freedom Movement’

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    Introduction In December 2022, a six-hour siege in Wieambilla, Queensland, ended with six people dead. Police had attended a property…

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