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Insights

  • Feb242021

    The Social Media Anatomy of New Radical Groups in Kashmir

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    In December 2020, a new militant group called the “United Liberation Front (ULF)” operating in Jammu & Kashmir made its…

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  • Feb222021

    Turning Back to Biologised Racism: A Content Analysis of Patriotic Alternative UK’s Online Discourse

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    The UK far-right has experienced a marked transition in the past decade from parliamentary to more extra-parliamentary forms of activism.…

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  • Feb192021

    Online Extremism and Terrorism Researcher Security and Privacy: Some Practical Advice

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    Fortunately for Western scholars, as pointed out by Berger, “o date, jihadist extremists have not systematically targeted researchers for potential…

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  • Feb172021

    Odysee: The New YouTube for the Far-Right

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    The emergence of the newest platform favoured by far-right actors has received surprisingly little attention in the midst of ongoing…

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  • Feb152021

    Infrastructure, Sabotage, and Accelerationism

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    In my previous GNET Insight, I focused on the ideological collision between anti-5G, the coronavirus, and the far-right. The present…

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  • Feb122021

    Who are the Jihadi Video Journalists? An Analysis of a new Form of Activism in the Northwest of Syria

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    This Insight aims to depict the work of Idlib-based Western Islamist ‘backpack reporters’ who have specialised in reporting news from the…

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  • Feb102021

    China and the Australian Far-Right

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    Since the start of the pandemic, China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have become a key rallying point…

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  • Feb082021

    Understanding Canada’s Recent Ban of Far-Right Extremist Groups

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    On 3 February, the Canadian government added four far-right extremist groups to their list of proscribed terrorist entities. Some of…

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  • Feb052021

    Assessing Attempts at Removing German Far-Right Conspiracy Content in the Aftermath of Trump’s Presidency

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    2020 has been the year in which Germany achieved infamous standing as the country with the biggest QAnon community outside…

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  • Feb042021

    The Comeback of Unconstitutional Provisions Against Online Hatred in France: Second Attempt to Circumvent Judicial Review to Block Websites

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    Since the early 2010s, and even more so since the Paris attacks of 2015, France has taken a prominent role…

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