admin_gnetThe EU’s AI Act: Implications on Justice and Counter-Terrorism
Introduction The European Union’s AI Act, adopted in June 2024, represents the first multinational framework regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) development…
John Sunday OjoMapping the Enemy, Mobilising the Future: Surveillance and Recruitment Strategies of Lakurawa Terror Group in Nigeria
Introduction In November 2024, Nigerian authorities officially declared the Lakurawa group a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country.…
Erin StonerHate, Harms and Hashing: An Overview of OFCOM Guidance for P/CVE
Introduction On the 16th of December 2024, the government-backed UK media regulation body, OFCOM, published the Illegal Harms Codes, a…
Allysa Czerwinsky“Watching foids seethe is actual lifefuel”: Celebratory Male Supremacism in the Aftermath of the 2024 US Presidential Election
Content warning: This Insight contains misogynistic, racist and transphobic slurs and mentions of suicide. Introduction Six weeks ago, Donald Trump…
admin_gnetDecoding Saboteurism: An Explanation of Infrastructure Attacks by Far-Right Extremists
Introduction In recent years, far‐right extremist tactics have taken a turn toward targeting critical infrastructure — a renewed trend rooted…
Dr. William AllchornPolicing Extremism on Gaming-Adjacent Platforms: Awful but Lawful?
Introduction The study of the intersection between gaming and extremism has focused largely on a few key areas: the presence…
Louis DeanAI or Aryan Ideals? Part Two: A Thematic Content Analysis of White Supremacist Engagement with Generative AI: Discourse
Introduction This Insight is the second in a two-part series investigating the ways white supremacists engage with generative artificial intelligence…
admin_gnetHarnessing AI for Online P/CVE Efforts: Tools, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations
Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) has become integrated in every field—from infrastructure to medicine to law enforcement and education—and is also…
Marc-André ArgentinoThe New Orleans Attack: Vulnerabilities of Peer-to-Peer Rental Services
Introduction On 1 January 2025, two acts of violent extremism shook the United States. In New Orleans, a 42-year-old Army…
Adam RousselleCombating Islamic State Finance: Central Asia and Around the World
According to the United Nations, the Islamic State’s most successful regional financial offices include al-Karrar, al-Furqan, and al-Siddiq. This series…
Adam RousselleCombating Islamic State Finance: West Africa and the Sahel
According to the United Nations, the Islamic State’s most successful regional financial offices include al-Karrar, al-Furqan, and al-Siddiq. This series…
Adam RousselleCombating the Islamic State Finance: Somalia and the Pan-African Nexus
According to the United Nations, the Islamic State’s most successful regional financial offices include al-Karrar, al-Furqan, and al-Siddiq. This series…
Ricardo Cabral PenteadoSonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global Networks
Introduction This Insight will discuss the Brazilian National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) scene and its role in propagating extremist ideologies,…
Anonymous Author3D2A: The Second Amendment, 3D Printed Guns and Memed Accelerationism
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of global security, guns and small munitions are the lifeblood of political resistance. In the…
Clara BroekaertThe New Orleans Attack: The Technology Behind IS-Inspired Plots
Introduction The use of technology by terrorists and violent extremists is a perennially trendy issue in counterterrorism (CT) research—and for…
Linda SchlegelScouting Uneven Terrain: Challenges for Prevention and Counter-Extremism Practitioners in Digital Gaming Spaces
Linda Schlegel and Judith Jaskowski are members of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). The EGRN works together to…
Aurora AgnolonAI Tools and the Alt-Right: A Double-Edged Sword for P/CVE
Introduction The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools represents a great resource to support prevent/counter-violent extremism (P/CVE) practitioners in their…
Jonathan LewisDroning On: The Response to Use of Drones by Domestic Violent Extremists
Introduction On 4 November 2024, federal agents arrested 24-year-old white supremacist Skyler Philippi for plotting to destroy an electric power…
Abraham Ename MinkoLeveraging AI-Driven Tools for Capacity Building in Crisis Response: Enhancing Moderation and Crisis Management on Smaller Digital Platforms in Africa
Introduction In recent years, smaller digital platforms across Africa have emerged as vital spaces for social engagement, entrepreneurship, and information…
Joseph StabileE-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on Amazon
Introduction Large online retailers have long faced criticism for their failure to proactively remove extremist content from their platforms, from…
Galen EnglundFrom Soundtracks to Side Quests: How Terrorist and Extremist Games Use Mainstream Platforms to Evade Detection and Draw Users
Emily Thompson and Galen Lamphere-Englund are members of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). The EGRN works together to…
Louis DeanAI or Aryan Ideals? A Thematic Content Analysis of White Supremacist Engagement with Generative AI
Introduction From the creation of Stormfront in 1996 to the adoption of the messaging application Telegram, extreme-right actors, most notably…
Dr. Gerard Gill“Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all domestic terrorists”: Incels on the Bondi Attack
Introduction This Insight examines responses to the Bondi stabbing attack of 2024 on incel forums, contributing to the current discussion…
Dr Yannick Veilleux-LepageBeyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement
The following is a Special Extended Insight 1.Introduction On Wednesday, 21 August 2024, the build plans for a highly anticipated…
Broderick McDonaldThe Drones of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: The Development and Use of UAS in Syria
The lightning offensive which toppled the Assad regime and captured Damascus in less than two weeks has shocked observers both…
Joshua BowesAnime and the Extreme-Right: Otaku Culture and Aesthetics in Extremist Digital Propaganda
Introduction If the political tumult of the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections revealed anything, it’s that digital media and…
Gaetano SicoloDark Signals: The Growing Threat of Satellite Internet in Extremist Networks
Introduction Many people are aware of the importance of satellite internet access, but few know of its growing importance in…
Elizabeth D. KilmerImproving the Quality of Violent Extremism Research: Why CVE Researchers Should Play More Games
Elizabeth D. Kilmer and Rachel Kowert are members of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). The EGRN works together to…
Meili CriezisTelegram Homeschooling: Maintaining A Salafi-Jihadist Oriented Echo Chamber
Introduction Journalists have documented instances where parents used homeschooling as an opportunity to create extremist-informed curricula in the United States…
Adam RousselleThe Targeting of Ethnic Tajiks by Online Extremists: A Global Problem
Introduction Extremist groups increasingly target ethnic Tajiks for recruitment through sophisticated online propaganda campaigns, resulting in some of the world’s…
Ahmet Yiğitalp TulgaSoliciting Terror: ISKP Digital Communications and Financing Tactics Through Voice of Khurasan
Introduction It is well known that the Islamic State and its branches effectively use internet-based strategies to disseminate their propaganda and…
Heron LopesMelodies of Malice: Understanding How AI Fuels the Creation and Spread of Extremist Music
Introduction Research on extremism and counter-terrorism has long underscored the role of music in reinforcing far-right extremist ideologies and serving…
Spotlight Team - DataLEADSDigital Warfare in Kashmir: Evolving Tactics of Insurgency in the Region
Introduction In the Indian region of Kashmir, the battlefield has shifted. No longer confined to guns and grenades, insurgent groups…
Peter SmithBrotherhood of Blood: Understanding the Origins and Trajectory of the Maniac Murder Cult
Introduction As heavy metal music begins to play on a video, a black and white face appears on the screen,…
Allysa Czerwinsky“Degenerate” Queers and “Chadsexual” Sapphics: Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric in the Incelosphere
Content warning: This insight contains references to homophobic and transphobic slurs and violence against women. Introduction At present, our understandings…
Jonathan Suseno SarwonoCaliphateTok: How Islamic State (IS) Leverages Social Media in Indonesia and the Power of Counter-Narratives
Introduction On 31 July 2024, Indonesia’s Counterterrorism Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) arrested a suspect in East Java accused of…
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