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Insights

  • Aug172022

    Recommendation Systems and Extremism: What Do We Know?

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    One of the most persistent policy concerns of recent years is the notion that social media platforms’ recommendation systems restrict…

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  • Aug152022

    Understanding The Incel Experience Online

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    Incel, short for ‘involuntarily celibate’, is self-identification used exclusively by cis-gender, straight males who congregate exclusively in online spaces, and…

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  • Aug102022

    Inside Hindutva’s Great Replacement Conspiracy

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    The recent killings of African Americans in Buffalo, New York, have once again renewed discussions of the ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy…

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  • Aug082022

    Al Qa’ida and Islamic State Supporter Reactions to Zawahiri’s Death

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    This Insight provides a quick overview of al-Qa’ida supporter reactions to Zawahiri’s death followed by a closer focus on pro-IS…

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  • Aug032022

    Mass Shooterism and the Need for Online Interventions and Bystander Resources

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    This Insight was originally posted on Moonshot’s blog. For more information on Moonshot’s digital interventions, please visit their website or get…

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  • Jul282022

    The Writing on the (Facebook) Wall: A Revised Assessment of Posting and Support for Violence by Pro-Rittenhouse Meme Creators

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    The Case Kyle Rittenhouse, the recently-acquitted teen shooter of Kenosha fame, continues to be a cultural and political lightning rod…

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  • Jul262022

    Comparing Online Posting Typologies Among Violent and Nonviolent Right-Wing Extremists

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    Although many researchers, practitioners, and policymakers are concerned about identifying and characterising online posting patterns of violent extremists prior to…

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  • Jul202022

    White Nationalism, Stormfront, and the Extremist Politicisation of Science

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    For decades, terrorists and extremists have been harnessing the affordances of media in general, and the internet, specifically, for their…

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  • Jul182022

    Examining White Supremacist and Militant Accelerationism Trends on TikTok 

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    In the wake of the racially motivated terrorist attack at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York in May 2022,…

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  • Jul132022

    Ideological Nihilism and Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial Subcultures

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    The Highland Park shooter’s online footprint has seen a lot of scrutiny in the week since his attack, and rightly…

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