Chloe SquiresThe Women Behind the Screens: How Digital Evidence Enhances Our Understanding of Female Terrorism Offenders
Criminal evidence is the key to prosecution. Yet, a UN report found that the collection of “sufficient and admissible” (p.…
Sergey ElkindISIS’s Current Cyber Ambitions: Intent, Capabilities, and Threat
Cyberattacks have long been an integral part of the global threat landscape, posing a persistent threat to government institutions and…
Aamir HayatISKP’s QR Codes and the Limits of Text-Based Monitoring
On 1 July 2026, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added 134 cryptocurrency addresses (131 TRON and three…
Valdemar BalleNo More Edits: The Fagersta Attack and The True Crime Community in Scandinavia
On 21 August 2026, 18-year-old Liam Nebel walked into Brinellskolan in Fagersta, wearing all black, with a helmet and mask,…
Dr Adriana MarinReconceptualising Makarenko’s Continuum in the Digital Age: The Case of Hezbollah
This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…
Rebecca FainbergNeither Terrorist nor Criminal: How Hybrid Actors Fall Through Platform Moderators
This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…
Cecilia PolizziBlurred Lines: The Child Safety Gap in the Crime-Terror Nexus
This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…
Matilde GambaFrom Kyiv to Culiacán: How Mexican Cartels Are Adapting Drone Warfare Lessons from Ukraine
This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…
Dr. William AllchornBeyond the Ban Hammer: Building Resilience Against Youth Exploitation in Gaming Spaces
This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Gaming and Youth (GYWG). GIFCT Working Groups bring together experts…
Saddiq BashaThe Afterlife of the Tacloban Shooting: Nihilistic Violent Extremism in the Philippines
On June 22, 2026, two students aged 14 and 15, identified by their aliases “Nash” and “Rod”, opened fire at…
Ashreet AcharyaFrom Kashmir to Reels: The Localisation of Jihadist Propaganda in Indian Digital Spaces
Jihadist networks are targeting India by shifting from predominantly Kashmir-centric, Urdu-language long-form content toward Hindi and regional-language short-form videos on…
Alessandro Bolpagni“Create, Share, and Support”: How Pro-Islamic State (Is) Supporters Are Exploiting Capcut to Produce and Disseminate ‘No-Brand’ Propaganda Content Online
Since the advent of the Internet, extremists have exploited digital spaces to produce and spread their propaganda, creating functional online…
Sadia SulaimanTTP’s Technological Advancement and Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Challenges
Since the Afghan Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has experienced a significant resurgence,…
Paula Nunez-GuerraPlayful Extremism: Unmasking Jihadist Identifiers in Roblox Games Among Minors
As has long been recognised, terrorist organisations have moved from spreading propaganda through simple websites and forums to using multiple…
Kye Allen‘From the Belly of the Beast!’: Militant Accelerationists and the Iran War
Introduction Against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran War, a strand of militant accelerationism has rallied—with varying sincerity—behind the Islamic…
Nathan HeathClosing the Gap: Consolidating Terrorist Threat Intelligence in Frontier AI Governance
Government and industry leaders alike increasingly employ frameworks to assess and mitigate notable AI risks. These frameworks heavily index on…
Ghada SolimanHezbollah’s Financing Networks: A Threat Far Beyond Lebanon
This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of Terrorism Online (CFTO). GIFCT Working Groups bring…
Carl PetersonFrom Propaganda to Practice: Instructional Media and the Diffusion of Drone Capabilities in Jihadist Ecosystems
On 1 May 2026, Marvin Aneer Jalo was sentenced in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States for an Islamic State…
Daria AlexeFrom Lab Expertise to Chat Interface: The New Risk of Toxin-Level Attacks
A recent report published by the New York Times (NYT) has shown that publicly accessible artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, when…
Alessandra PugnanaFruit, Vegetable, and Brain Rot: The Use of Generative AI to Produce Violence-Based Viral Trends
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed online culture by making content creation faster, cheaper, and virtually limitless. There are various platforms…
Allysa CzerwinskyFrom the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit
From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit Amidst an increasing awareness of the manosphere’s impact in…
Christopher DavidFrom Blackpill Fatalism to Misanthropy: Unpacking the Motivation of the Schongau School Shooter
Content warning: This Insight contains mentions of suicide, rape, and hateful language. On 8 July 2026, a 16-year-old armed attacker…
GNET TeamThe Sixth Annual GNET Conference: A Summary of Key Takeaways
On Wednesday, 27 May, the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) hosted its Sixth Annual Conference, as part of…
Uri KlempnerArtificial Intelligence and Extremist Capability: How AI Lowers the Barriers Between Intent and Capability
The execution of mass-casualty attacks has historically been more constrained by extremists’ capability than by their motivation. Wanting to cause…
Muskan Sangwan“The New Crusade”: What the San Diego Attackers’ Manifesto Reveals About Contemporary Radicalisation
On 18 May 2026, 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez and 17-year-old Cain Clark carried out a mass-casualty attack at the Islamic Center…
Claire BirchThe Montreal Manifesto: An Attempt to Intellectualise Incel Ideology
On the morning of 22 June 2026, police responded to a report of a gun barrel visible in a hotel…
Jake KalenderExtremist Music Communities and Online Radicalisation: The Case of the Antioch High School Shooting
On the 22nd of January 2025, Solomon Henderson (17) opened fire inside Antioch High School. He killed fellow student Josselin…
Daniel MadsenTerrorgram’s ‘Main Voice’: Lessons From a High-Profile Danish Trial
On 20 April 2026, a Danish‑French man named Jérémy Meilhac (J.M.) was convicted in a Danish court for his affiliation…
Heath N. LandressBetween Meme Culture and Warning Behaviour: Interpreting Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Online Extremist-Adjacent Spaces
Trust-and-safety teams, school-safety staff, and prevention practitioners are increasingly asked to make sense of online content that appears violent but…
Michael VargaThe Counterterrorism Blind Spot: AI as a Radicalisation Environment
Counterterrorism officials have learned to look for extremists across the numerous online channels they operate. That work relies on a…
Adam RoussellePre-Transactional Infrastructure and Insurgent Resilience: The Case of Islamic State Mozambique
By April 2021, Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP, also known as al-Shabaab or Ansar al-Sunnah) had reached the zenith of…
Ruben CeladaOnline Jihadist Responses to the Iran War: Divergence, Propaganda, and Positioning
Since the launch of Israeli and United States’ military operations against Iran on 28 February 2026, online jihadist ecosystems linked…
Munira MustaffaEmerging Extremism Frameworks: Reexamining the 2023 Siam Paragon Attack in Context
On 3 October 2023, a fourteen-year-old teenager walked into the Siam Paragon shopping mall in the busy Pathum Wan commercial…
Zunaira KhanThe Invisible Pipeline: Human Trafficking, Extremism, and the Case for AI-Driven Detection in Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor
In Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor, human trafficking has become increasingly embedded within the operational and financial ecosystems of certain violent extremist…
Urszula MrozowskaFrom Columbine to Teotihuacán: The Rise of Nihilistic Violence in Latin America
On 20 April 2026, a shooting attack took place at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids. The alleged perpetrator, 27-year-old Julio César Jasso…
Mauro LubranoA Silent Escalation: Anti-Technology Violence Coming to the Fore
This Insight investigates recent trends in anti-technology extremism, such as attacks on data centres and the firebombing of Sam Altman’s…
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