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Insights

  • Jan282025

    AI Tools and the Alt-Right: A Double-Edged Sword for P/CVE

    Introduction The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools represents a great resource to support prevent/counter-violent extremism (P/CVE) practitioners in their…

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  • Jan272025

    Droning On: The Response to Use of Drones by Domestic Violent Extremists

    Introduction On 4 November 2024, federal agents arrested 24-year-old white supremacist Skyler Philippi for plotting to destroy an electric power…

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  • Jan232025

    Leveraging AI-Driven Tools for Capacity Building in Crisis Response: Enhancing Moderation and Crisis Management on Smaller Digital Platforms in Africa

    Introduction In recent years, smaller digital platforms across Africa have emerged as vital spaces for social engagement, entrepreneurship, and information…

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  • Jan222025

    E-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on Amazon

    Introduction Large online retailers have long faced criticism for their failure to proactively remove extremist content from their platforms, from…

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  • Jan162025

    From Soundtracks to Side Quests: How Terrorist and Extremist Games Use Mainstream Platforms to Evade Detection and Draw Users

    Emily Thompson and Galen Lamphere-Englund are members of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). The EGRN works together to…

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  • Jan132025

    AI or Aryan Ideals? A Thematic Content Analysis of White Supremacist Engagement with Generative AI

    Introduction  From the creation of Stormfront in 1996 to the adoption of the messaging application Telegram, extreme-right actors, most notably…

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  • Jan092025

    “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all domestic terrorists”: Incels on the Bondi Attack

    Introduction This Insight examines responses to the Bondi stabbing attack of 2024 on incel forums, contributing to the current discussion…

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  • Jan082025

    Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement

    The following is a Special Extended Insight  1.Introduction On Wednesday, 21 August 2024, the build plans for a highly anticipated…

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  • Dec202024

    The Drones of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: The Development and Use of UAS in Syria

    The lightning offensive which toppled the Assad regime and captured Damascus in less than two weeks has shocked observers both…

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  • Dec192024

    Anime and the Extreme-Right: Otaku Culture and Aesthetics in Extremist Digital Propaganda

    Introduction If the political tumult of the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections revealed anything, it’s that digital media and…

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