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Insights

  • Sep082022

    Right-Wing Extremists’ Use of the Internet: Emerging Trends in the Empirical Literature

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    Introduction Close attention by journalists and policymakers to the widespread use of the Internet by violent Western (i.e., American, Canadian,…

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  • Sep052022

    Can Serious Games Make a Difference in P/CVE?

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    Video games and gamification have become key tools of extremist actors’ recruitment arsenal and have taken a central role in…

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  • Aug312022

    The Time for e-Democracy is Now: How a Digitally Functional Democracy Could Prevent Extremist Accelerationism

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    Online hate communities view ongoing democratic backsliding as supportive of their accelerationist cause. Tech companies and governments must therefore seize…

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  • Aug252022

    Humour in Jihadi Rhetoric: A Comparative Analysis of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, TTP, and the Taliban

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    Humour in Jihadi magazines plays a significant role in the formation of collective identity and “creates a sense of internal…

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  • Aug232022

    Incel Extremism in India: A View from the Global South

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    Content warning: this Insight contains descriptions of sexual violence.  Introduction Over the years, violent crimes against women have been reported…

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  • Aug192022

    How QAnon is Dealing With The FBI Raid on Trump

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    When the FBI executed their search warrant on Mar-A-Lago on August 8th, QAnon was all over the news. Their first…

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  • 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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