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  • Jul282021

    QAnon is not Dead: New Research into Telegram Shows the Movement is Alive and Well

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    Following the role that QAnon adherents, and other actors, played in the insurrection on 6 January 2021, large social media…

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  • Jul262021

    When Counter-Speech Backfires: The Pitfalls of Strategic Online Interaction

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    For a long time, hatred and incitement on social media have been treated as a relatively apolitical and purely virtual…

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  • Jul212021

    Schrems II and the Future of 3rd Party Security Service Access to Data From the UK

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    Happy Birthday Schrems II, but hold back the cake. As the EU’s judgment in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland…

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  • Jul192021

    Technology and Terrorist Financing

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    Terrorists are increasingly exploiting technology to finance their activities. However, terrorist adoption of technology is an evolution, not a revolution. As the…

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  • Jul142021

    Right-Wing Extremism Has Deep Roots in Southeast Asia

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    The far right or right-wing extremism as an ideologically motivated violent extremism (IMVE) is the least understood security threat in…

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  • Jul122021

    Competing, Connecting, Having Fun: How Gamification Could Make Extremist Content More Appealing

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    Do extremists like to play? A few years ago, this question may have sounded ridiculous. But since the livestreamed attack…

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  • Jul082021

    Current and Emerging Threats by Violent Extremists: Results of the Online CENS Expert Survey

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    The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) designed an online expert survey, primarily to assess the pandemic’s impact on…

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  • Jul022021

    ‘Hard Platforms’ vs ‘Friendly Platforms’: Understanding Jihadist Activism on the Internet

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    Our understanding of how the Internet has fostered terrorist activism is conditioned by an important bias that affects the robustness…

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  • Jun302021

    The Jihadist of Rambouillet’s Facebook Account

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    On 23 April 2021, Tunisia-born Jamel Gorchene murdered civil servant Stéphanie Monfermé at the police station in Rambouillet, 45 kilometers…

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  • Jun282021

    A Survey of Violent Extremist and Terrorist Activities Across the Gaming Environment

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    The relationship between video games and large-scale violence has been questioned since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School. In…

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