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  • Jan262021

    Researching the Far-Right in a World on Pause: An Overview of Secondary, Public and Archival Data Sources

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    In the immediate aftermath of the 6 January attacks on the United States Capitol Building, in Washington D.C., it seemed…

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  • Jan262021

    Turner Diaries: Defining a Movement

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    I first encountered the Turner Diaries in 1999, when a friend shared the book, with the advice that the novel…

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  • Jan252021

    “Take Nothing But Pictures, Leave Nothing But (Digital) Footprints”: Social Media Evidence From the US Capitol Siege Perpetrators

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    As the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice continue their investigations into the alleged insurrectionists at the US…

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  • Jan222021

    Extremism in the Manosphere During the Presidential Transition

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    In recent months, the use of technology and social media to advance conspiracies and far-right ideologies has been the subject…

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  • Jan212021

    Alt-Tech and Online Organising After the Capitol Riots

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    Since the deadly riots at the US Capitol on 6 January, social media platforms associated with the ‘Alt-Tech’ or ‘alternative…

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  • Jan212021

    Countering the Veil of Deep Encryption

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    For Australians, it is an image that will forever define the scourge of Islamist terrorism. The smiling face of Khaled…

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  • Jan202021

    The Impact of the Capitol Attacks on Extremist Operational Security

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    Operational security (OPSEC), both online and offline, remains a priority for many violent extremist groups and their members. As such…

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  • Jan192021

    Anti-5G, Infrastructure Sabotage, and COVID-19

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    On 25 December 2020, as most Christians were celebrating with their families, a 63-year-old, white male, and longtime resident of…

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  • Jan192021

    Big Data and Counter-Terrorism: Uses and Boundaries

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    This blog post is a concept note for a T.M.C Asser Institute/ICCT workshop on uses of big data in the…

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  • Jan182021

    Redpill the “Parler Refugees”: White Supremacist Strategies for Radicalising Trump Supporters on Telegram

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    On 6 January, insurrectionists stormed the US capitol and disrupted the confirmation of election results in the House and Senate;…

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