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  • Oct172022

    The Venomous Rhetorical Web of Far-Right Terrorists

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    On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs questioned current and former executives from…

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  • Oct142022

    The Bratislava Attacks: Insights from the Shooter’s Manifesto

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    On Wednesday 12 October 2022, two people were killed by a gunman outside an LGBT+ bar in Bratislava, Slovakia. The…

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  • Oct122022

    The Taliban’s Use of Twitter as a Tool to Spread their Voice

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    Introduction According to the principle of realism described by Noam Chomsky in his book Propaganda and the Public Mind, those…

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  • Oct102022

    The Emerging Raw Food Movement and the ‘Great Reset’

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    Introduction  Food has become an increasingly visible topic across far-right digital subcultures as well as the broader right-wing online ecosystem.…

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  • Oct042022

    Nihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential Dangers

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    In 2022, public mass shootings continue to present a serious societal challenge in the US. This year has already experienced over…

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  • Oct032022

    Extremist Influencers: Hyper- and Super-Posters in Extremist Forums

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    Investigating Posting Behaviour in Extremist Online Spaces The growing concern over online extremist radicalisation has driven increased interest in the…

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  • Sep272022

    Resurrecting the Reich: Middle Eastern and North African Digital Nazi Communities 

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    In 1926, the first Nazi Party cell was set up in Alexandria, Egypt. It would soon be followed by one…

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  • Sep212022

    The Role of User Agency in the Algorithmic Amplification of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content

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    There is an increasing focus by governments and certain concerned civil society initiatives that algorithms might be amplifying terrorist and…

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  • Sep142022

    The Tate Storm: Why Banning Andrew Tate from Social Media Will Not Stop the ‘King of Toxic Masculinity’

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    “This War has Just Begun”  In August 2022, UK-based advocacy group Hope Not Hate made waves when they successfully campaigned…

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  • Sep122022

    Analysing Terrorgram Publications: A New Digital Zine

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    Introduction “For every Accelerationist who contributed to this book, there are 10000 others who will download, read and become further…

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