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  • Apr042024

    Behind the Skull Mask: An Overview of Militant Accelerationism

    Militant accelerationism has recently emerged as one of the dominant terrorist movements in the Western world. Defined as a set…

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  • Nov022023

    Going Dark: The Inverse Relationship between Online and On-the-Ground Pre-offence Behaviours in Targeted Attackers

    This pilot study examines the correlation of online and on-the-ground behaviours of three lone-actor terrorists prior to their intended and…

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  • Jul312023

    Cults and Online Violent Extremism

    The word ‘cultic’ is applied to a diverse range of online activity. This label is not always intended to convey…

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  • Jul042023

    The “Webification” of Jihadism: Trends in the Use of Online Platforms, Before and After Attacks by Violent Extremists in Nigeria

    The Executive Summary is also available in French, Arabic and German. Violent extremist organisations (VEOs) use social media platforms to…

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  • May262023

    The Online Gaming Ecosystem: Assessing Digital Socialisation, Extremism Risks and Harms Mitigation Efforts

    This report provides a review of the research on the exploitation of gaming and gaming‑adjacent platforms by violent extremists and…

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  • May252023

    A Feminist Theorisation of Cybersecurity to Identify and Tackle Online Extremism

    The Executive Summary is also available in French, German, Arabic, Indonesian and Japanese. Online abuse and extremism disproportionately target marginalised populations, particularly people of colour,…

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  • May092023

    Understanding the Trauma-Related Effects of Terrorist Propaganda on Researchers

    The Executive Summary is also available in French, German, Arabic, Indonesian and Japanese. Researchers who study online terrorism and political violence face a broad spectrum…

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  • Apr252023

    MENA‐Based, Far‐Right and Far‐Left Extremist Groups: A Date‐Based Analysis

    This study identifies symbolically significant dates for extremist groups based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well…

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  • Mar292023

    A Picture is Worth a Thousand (S)words: Classification and Diffusion of Memes on a Partisan Media Platform

    The Executive Summary of this report is also available in Arabic and French. Memes have become an integral tool of…

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  • Feb272023

    Islamic State Online: A Look at the Group’s South Asian Presence on Alternate Platforms

    The Executive Summary of this report is also available in Arabic.  In 2019, Telegram took extensive action to remove Islamic…

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