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  • Sep272024

    AI Against Terror: Harnessing Technology to Combat Terrorism in the Horn of Africa

    Introduction Countries in the Horn of Africa, including Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, have long faced challenges from terrorism and…

  • Sep252024

    The Dark Truth About Cats and Dogs: The Xenophobic Underbelly of the Springfield Conspiracy Theory

    Introduction ‘Please keep a close eye on these animals’. This is the last line of the original Facebook post behind…

  • Sep202024

    TTP’s Alliance with the Afghan Taliban: In ISKP’s Crosshairs

    Introduction  The exit of the US forces and the Taliban’s subsequent takeover of Kabul in August 2021 has significantly reshaped…

  • Sep182024

    The UK Riots, Misinformation and Foreign Interference: A Smoking Gun or Something Else?

    Introduction The UK Government has said to be examining the role of foreign interference in the wake of the country’s…

  • Sep162024

    Beyond Borders: Mitigating Online Risks and Reciprocal Violence in the Bangladesh Protests

    Introduction  In July 2024, Bangladesh underwent a significant political transition, culminating in the end of Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year tenure as…

  • Sep112024

    Deep Fakes, Deeper Impacts: AI’s Role in the 2024 Indian General Election and Beyond

    Introduction  The Indian general election of 2024 saw a surge in the deployment of AI-based technologies, particularly deep fakes and…

  • Sep102024

    Lawsuits, Rivalries, and Trolls: Examining the Behaviour of the 3D-Printed Gun Movement

    The broad 3D-printed gun movement has a strong libertarian ethos. While many participants are simply hobbyists attracted to the technical…

  • Sep042024

    Inside Hamas’ Pocketbook: Financing Terrorism Through Online Financial Platforms

    Introduction In the wake of the 7 October attack and the war that has followed, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic resistance…

  • Sep022024

    Shadows of Wieambilla: Millenarian Content on Australian Conspiracist Facebook

    Introduction As the inquest into Australia’s first Christian extremist terror attack continues, this Insight explores the persistent use of religious…

  • Aug292024

    Fomenting Civil War?: Disinformation Narratives after the Southport Attack

    Introduction Following the 29 July 2024 knife attack in Southport, England, which left three children dead and ten others injured,…

  • Aug282024

    Fanning the Flames: Online Misinformation and Far-Right Violence in the UK

    Introduction Earlier this month, the UK grappled with possibly one of the worst instances of organised far-right violence in its…

  • Aug212024

    Baqiyah Boards of Pinterest Province Part II: A Walkthrough Down Wilayah Pinterest Lane

    Introduction This is the second part of a two-part examination of pro-IS accounts and content on Pinterest. The previous Insight…

  • Aug192024

    Pinterest Province: Islamic State Content On Image Boards

    Introduction Insightful research has examined how Islamic State media and pro-Islamic State supporters navigate a wide array of social media…

  • Aug162024

    “Dead society”: Tracing the Online Dimension of a Militant Accelerationist-Inspired Attack in Turkey

    Content warning: This Insight contains mentions of suicide and terrorist violence.  Introduction An assailant injured at least five people with…

  • Aug142024

    Proselytism to Provocation: Anjem Choudary’s life in Salafi-Jihadist Activism

    Introduction The British public’s first real introduction to Anjem Choudary was as a supporting cast member in Jon Ronson’s 1997…

  • Aug122024

    “Our content is intended to be satirical”: Parody Accounts, Memes, and Antisemitism Post 7/10

    Introduction The massacre committed by Hamas on 7 October 2023 caused profound shock and distress across the world. Such significant…

  • Aug092024

    Española: Russia’s Far-Right Hooligan Militia and Its Online Activities

    Introduction In a Mariupol football field, a video cut with Russian-language punk rock shows a group of men chasing a…

  • Aug072024

    A Hashtag Perspective: Examining ISIS Supporter Activities on Twitter in Türkiye between 2019 and 2022

    Note 1: This Insight has been prepared as part of a project supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council…

  • Aug052024

    Corecore: a TikTok Trend as Initiation to Incel Ideology

    Introduction  Corecore is a trend that gained popularity in 2022 on TikTok. Each video in the trend is a montage…

  • Jul312024

    ‘Islamic Republic of France’: AI and the Spreading of Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories Around the French Parliamentary Elections

    Introduction In the wake of the recent European elections, Emmanuel Macron stunned the continent following his party’s disappointing showing by…

  • Jul292024

    Gaining Steam: Far-Right Radicalisation on Gaming Platforms

    Introduction In the entertainment industry, gaming has become the most profitable business, surpassing both music and film production. According to…

  • Jul252024

    Racists Ridicule ‘Zion Don’ After Foiled Assassination

    Content Warning: This Insight contains antisemitic, racist, and hateful imagery. Introduction Given right-wing extremists’ love of political spectacle and tendency…

  • Jul242024

    13 Years On: The Enduring Influence of Breivik’s Manifesto on Far-Right Terror

    Introduction On 22 July 2011, Anders Breivik carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Norway’s history, killing 77 and injuring…

  • Jul182024

    Camera, Action, Play: An Exploration of Extremist Activity on Video- and Livestreaming Platforms

    Introduction  Since the livestreamed attacks in Christchurch, Halle and the US Capitol Building, streaming platforms have become a topic of…

  • Jul152024

    All the World’s a Stage: How Predictive Programming Crafts Far-Right X Users’ Worldview

    Introduction This Insight investigates how far-right X users construct their worldview around fictional media and predictive programming, that is, the…

  • Jul112024

    Methodologies in Manipulation: The Far-Right’s Antisemitic Discourse Online Amid the Israel-Hamas War

    Introduction Israel’s war on Hamas has been making headlines worldwide since it began on 7 October 2023.  However, individuals around…

  • Jul092024

    The Hate Ministries: Far-Right Social Media Extremism in Argentina and Brazil

    Introduction In recent years in Argentina and Brazil, far-right governments have risen to power, represented by the leadership of Argentinian…

  • Jul042024

    The Digital Weaponry of Radicalisation: AI and the Recruitment Nexus

    Introduction  Islamic State (IS) recently released a powerful recruitment message for ‘distracted Muslim youth’ to travel and join IS territories…

  • Jul012024

    Beyond Hitler and Mussolini: TikTok and the Adoration of Minor Fascist Ideologues

    Introduction The spread of extreme right-wing propaganda on TikTok is a familiar problem. Admiration for fascist ideologues from the early…

  • Jun272024

    ISKP’s Latest Campaign: Expanded Propaganda and External Operations

    Introduction The Islamic State Khurasan Province’s (ISKP) capabilities and intent to carry out attacks outside of its nucleus in Pakistan…

  • Jun242024

    “Substitution”: Extremists’ New Form of Implicit Hate Speech to Avoid Detection

    Content Warning: This insight contains antisemitic, racist, and hateful imagery. Introduction Extremists exploit social media platforms to spread hate against…

  • Jun202024

    On the Road to Quds: How the Axis of Resistance Defines Geopolitical Battlegrounds in Favour of Authoritarianism

    Introduction ‘Shia civilization awakened’, a Russian ideologue proclaimed on his Telegram channel in early 2024, hailing the infamous Axis of…

  • Jun172024

    Friend of the Locals, Enemy of the State: The Social Media Presence of Comando Vermelho

    *Disclaimer: To uphold transparency about the posts reflected in this Insight, some posts and accounts presented here were current as…

  • Jun122024

    Swatting: A Fictitious Threat Generating Real-World Hazards

    Introduction  Swatting is named after the ‘Special Weapons and Tactics’ groups of law enforcement officials in the United States –…

  • Jun102024

    Gaming the System: The Use of Gaming-Adjacent Communication, Game and Mod Platforms by Extremist Actors

    Introduction Since the live-streamed racist and antisemitic attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Halle, Germany, in 2019 and details of…

  • Jun052024

    More than Sports: Building Resilience against Extremism in Esports

    Eliot J. Oreskovic is an Executive Co-Director of the United States Esports Association, which is a member of the Extremism…

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