Sammie WicksNihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential Dangers
Read moreIn 2022, public mass shootings continue to present a serious societal challenge in the US. This year has already experienced over…
Dr. Lewys BraceExtremist Influencers: Hyper- and Super-Posters in Extremist Forums
Read moreInvestigating Posting Behaviour in Extremist Online Spaces The growing concern over online extremist radicalisation has driven increased interest in the…
Moustafa AyadResurrecting the Reich: Middle Eastern and North African Digital Nazi Communities
Read moreIn 1926, the first Nazi Party cell was set up in Alexandria, Egypt. It would soon be followed by one…
Ellie RogersThe Role of User Agency in the Algorithmic Amplification of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content
Read moreThere is an increasing focus by governments and certain concerned civil society initiatives that algorithms might be amplifying terrorist and…
Abhinaya MurthyThe Tate Storm: Why Banning Andrew Tate from Social Media Will Not Stop the ‘King of Toxic Masculinity’
Read more“This War has Just Begun” In August 2022, UK-based advocacy group Hope Not Hate made waves when they successfully campaigned…
Matthew KrinerAnalysing Terrorgram Publications: A New Digital Zine
Read moreIntroduction “For every Accelerationist who contributed to this book, there are 10000 others who will download, read and become further…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensRight-Wing Extremists’ Use of the Internet: Emerging Trends in the Empirical Literature
Read moreIntroduction Close attention by journalists and policymakers to the widespread use of the Internet by violent Western (i.e., American, Canadian,…
Daniela PisoiuCan Serious Games Make a Difference in P/CVE?
Read moreVideo games and gamification have become key tools of extremist actors’ recruitment arsenal and have taken a central role in…
Jon DeedmanThe Time for e-Democracy is Now: How a Digitally Functional Democracy Could Prevent Extremist Accelerationism
Read moreOnline hate communities view ongoing democratic backsliding as supportive of their accelerationist cause. Tech companies and governments must therefore seize…
Weeda MehranHumour in Jihadi Rhetoric: A Comparative Analysis of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, TTP, and the Taliban
Read moreHumour in Jihadi magazines plays a significant role in the formation of collective identity and “creates a sense of internal…
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