Extremist Responses to Coronavirus
Dr. Matteo VerganiFrom Blaming China to Attacking Domestic Elites: The Evolution of Hate Speech in a Telegram Channel during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction Prior research has found that the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a wave of online hate speech against targets such as…
Meghan ConroyDuelling Narratives of Vitality and Victimhood on Right-Wing TikTok: Exploring the #Pureblood Trend
This article is the first in a series of GNET Insights about fascist health-related trends. Introduction COVID-19 vaccines emerged as…
Yotam OphirWhite Nationalism, Stormfront, and the Extremist Politicisation of Science
For decades, terrorists and extremists have been harnessing the affordances of media in general, and the internet, specifically, for their…
Bàrbara Molas“Victims of the Holocaust”: The ‘Freedom Convoy’ Subreddits as Spaces for Antisemitism and Far-Right Radicalisation
In its 2021 TE-SAT report, Europol explained that since the beginning of the pandemic “right-wing extremists exploited COVID-19 to support…
Dr. Alexis HenshawCommunication Technologies, Conspiracies, and Disinformation in Latin America: COVID-19 and Beyond
The topic of Spanish-language misinformation and disinformation has received increasing attention in recent years, with a special focus on the…
Dr. Gerard GillCOVID-19 Conspiricism and the Four Ds of Stochastic Terrorism
In the past weeks, Australian counter-terrorism officials have arrested and charged a man who encouraged anti-lockdown protesters to bring firearms…
Isaac KfirThinking About the Crime-Terror Nexus in the COVID-19 era
Research indicates that the end of the Cold War gave rise to the crime-terror nexus as states ended their support…
Dr. Garth DaviesThe Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Radicalisation to Violent Extremism
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the newly discovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be a pandemic.…
Dr. Gerard GillConspiracism, Extremism and the Battle Over Sacred Values
On 24 July 2021 in Australia, against the backdrop of a city and state sinking further into crisis, a rally…
Joseph FrancoCurrent and Emerging Threats by Violent Extremists: Results of the Online CENS Expert Survey
The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) designed an online expert survey, primarily to assess the pandemic’s impact on…
Marc-André ArgentinoExtremism Unmasked
Early analysis in 2020 raised two points, the COVID-19 health restrictions would likely have an impact on offline recruitment from…
Chamin HerathPolarisation and the Pandemic: The Alternative für Deutschland’s Narration of COVID-19 on Twitter
The impact of COVID-19 has been felt globally by societies in their entirety; from hospitalisations, deaths, the economic downturn and…
Youssef TobiRadicalisation and Recruitment Online in Times of COVID-19: The Pandemic as a Propaganda Opportunity
The jihadist doctrine is an ideological corpus built up by extremist theorists to give their destabilising aims a legal and…
Dr. Michael LoadenthalAnti-5G, Infrastructure Sabotage, and COVID-19
On 25 December 2020, as most Christians were celebrating with their families, a 63-year-old, white male, and longtime resident of…
Jakob Guhl‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 and the Extremist Hijacking of Anti-Lockdown Protests The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes to our lives and…
Dr. Patrick WalshRethinking Bioterrorism Post COVID-19
COVID-19 has demonstrated the need for greater strategic and operational integration between public health and national security agencies. It has…
Samaya BoromIncreased Visibility of Far-Right Movements in Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Australia, once touted as a model for a considered and sustainable approach to COVID-19 is now in an interesting position…
Chelsea DaymonOnline Extremist Funding Campaigns: COVID-19 and Beyond
On 5 August 2020 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia filed a criminal complaint for forfeiture…
Mina al-LamiJihadists see COVID-19 as an Opportunity
Jihadists in general have cautiously welcomed the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing it mostly as a problem for their enemies and an…
Angie GadThe Coronavirus Isn’t Immune From the Far-Right
Far-right extremists online leap from one topic to another, trolling, distorting, and amplifying everything from widespread news stories to more…
Peita RichardsCall to Arms: Social Media and Far-Right Narratives of COVID-19
Whilst most of us isolating due to COVID-19 trawl social media for factual information, updated guidelines and messages of hope…
Dr. Alexis HenshawExtremist Responses to COVID-19 in Latin America
Expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic has been leveraged by armed non-state actors in numerous ways. Much of the attention to…
Ashton KingdonThe Gift of the Gab: The Utilisation of COVID-19 for Neo-Nazi Recruitment
Following the confiscation of the domain of the right-wing forum Fascist Forge, neo-Nazi recruiters have been migrating over to the…
Milo ComerfordComparing Jihadist and Far-Right Extremist Narratives on COVID-19
It should come as no surprise that extremist groups are talking about COVID-19. Beyond the immediate public health emergency, this…