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  • Jan072021

    3D-Printed Guns, Untraceable Firearms, and Domestic Violent Extremist Actors

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    While uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel a massive increase in domestic gun sales, a supporter of the…

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  • Jan062021

    Eco-Fascism: More than Tree-Loving Terrorists

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    The climate and ecological crisis was one of the dominating issues in 2019. Boosted by the visible environmental and ecological…

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  • Jan042021

    Easily Reproducible – The Structure of Islamic State Videos

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    Islamic State (IS) was perhaps the first jihadist group to produce video formats in a (quasi-)professional fashion: especially during the…

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  • Dec182020

    Deradicalisation by Videoconference

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    The pandemic has pushed the boundaries of what is possible (and appropriate) on videoconferencing applications. Despite strange side-effects like Zoom…

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  • Dec172020

    ‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis

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    COVID-19 and the Extremist Hijacking of Anti-Lockdown Protests The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes to our lives and…

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  • Dec162020

    Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism

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    This blog post is a summary of key findings from research published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism as part…

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  • Dec152020

    Claiming and Glorifying Environmental Terrorism Online: The Case of PKK’s ‘Children of Fire Initiative’

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    On 9 October 2020, devastating forest fires broke out in multiple locations of Hatay province and became headlines in Turkey.…

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  • Dec142020

    After Christchurch: Mapping Online Right-Wing Extremists

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    For all the hate, sometimes extending to talk of violence, the extremist milieu feature is also a highly social space.…

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  • Dec102020

    Paved With Good Intentions: How the EU Legislative Process has Placed Internet Voluntary Counter Extremism Near the Edge of the Legal Wilderness

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    The modest progress towards the modernisation and replacement of the current EU ePrivacy Directive has led to an uncomfortable legislative…

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  • Dec092020

    Praising Jihadist Attacks on TikTok and the Challenge of Protecting Youths From Online Extremism

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    On 26 November 2020, a Pakistani imam from a small town north of Paris was sentenced to 18 months in…

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