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  • Apr212020

    Online Antisemitism in Times of COVID-19

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    On 7 April, Germany’s Commissioner on antisemitism Felix Klein warned of a surge in antisemitism with the spread of the…

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  • Apr212020

    5G and the Far Right: How Extremists Capitalise on Coronavirus Conspiracies

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    Not since 9/11 has a global event given so much opportunity to conspiracy theorists as the novel coronavirus pandemic.  The…

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  • Apr152020

    “#CoronaJihad”: How the Far-Right in India is Responding to the Pandemic

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    A number of far-right extremists have recently taken to social media platforms to spread conspiratorial content about COVID-19. Such conspiracy…

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  • Apr152020

    Coronavirus and Official Islamic State Output: An Analysis

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    ‘Islamic State is avoiding Europe/telling fighters to avoid Europe’: headlines and stories along these lines circulated in many media outlets…

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  • Apr142020

    Islamic State Propaganda in India

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    The 221st issue of Islamic State’s (IS) al-Naba’ newsletter was perhaps the first time IS dedicated an entire page to…

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  • Apr082020

    The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic

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    Various aspects of society and everyday life have become affected by the clampdown on the Coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions…

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  • Apr082020

    The COVID Conspiracy Files

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    The world is now four months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant infodemic. Though efforts have been made to…

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  • Apr062020

    Cumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative Escalation

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    Often when extremisms come about, they don’t occur in isolation. In the UK, for example, the emergence of extremist mobilisations…

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  • Apr032020

    “War Isn’t Hell; It’s Entertainment“: The Potential Role of Video Games in Radicalisation Processes

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    The last years have demonstrated that extremists’ target audience has become progressively younger: in 2016 a 12-year-old was arrested in…

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  • Mar312020

    The Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism

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    Since 2019, with the attacks in Christchurch, Poway, El Paso, Bærum and Halle, a new form of right-wing terrorism has…

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