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  • Jan312023

    Millenarianism in Australia’s ‘Freedom Movement’

    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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  • Jan302023

    More Than Just Pretty Pictures: A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Far-Right Extremist ‘Reaction’ Usage on Facebook 

    Introduction In recent years, a significant amount of research has paid attention to the widespread use of social media among…

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  • Jan272023

    Mainstreaming Far-Right Conspiracies: Éric Zemmour’s Discourse as a Case Study

    Introduction Once relegated to the ‘fringe,’ conspiracies and narratives promulgated by members of the far-right movement have now moved into…

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  • Jan252023

    Political Outrage Machines: Exploring the Algorithms Structuring Conspiracy TikTok

    The short-form streaming audio-video app TikTok has become near-synonymous with controversy—in no small part because of the spread of conspiratorial…

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  • Jan232023

    The Brazilian Far-Right and the Path to January 8th

    Introduction On 8 January 2023, the Brazilian extreme right achieved international prominence. In Brasilia, the national capital, thousands of people…

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  • Jan182023

    The Reichsbürger Coup: How the German COVID-19 Denier Scene and Anti-Lockdown Movement Became a Breeding Ground for Terrorism

    Introduction  In the early hours of 7 December 2022, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Germany (der Generalbundesanwalt) arrested twenty-four…

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  • Jan162023

    The Internet and Radicalisation Pathways: Technological Advances, Mental Health and the Role of Attackers

    Introduction In recent years, one of the primary concerns for policymakers and practitioners working in the field of counterterrorism has…

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  • Jan122023

    Offline and Online Gender-Based Violence: Extremism Risk Assessment Tools and the Rise of the Incel Rebellion     

    Introduction In recent years, there have been increasing instances of online hate and gender-based violence against women. Reports of involuntary…

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  • Jan102023

    Supreme Men, Subjected Women: Gender Inequality and Violence in Jihadist, Far-Right, and Male Supremacist Ideologies

    Introduction Recent extremist and terrorist violence has been committed by actors and groups with disparate ideologies, geographies, and religions. However,…

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  • Jan062023

    Shifts in Domestic Extremist Movement Rhetoric, Two Years After the Capitol Siege 

    Much has been written about the Capitol riot on January 6 2021, but its aftereffects on a burgeoning domestic violent…

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