Moonshot TeamMass Shooterism and the Need for Online Interventions and Bystander Resources
This Insight was originally posted on Moonshot’s blog. For more information on Moonshot’s digital interventions, please visit their website or get…
Hampton StallThe Writing on the (Facebook) Wall: A Revised Assessment of Posting and Support for Violence by Pro-Rittenhouse Meme Creators
The Case Kyle Rittenhouse, the recently-acquitted teen shooter of Kenosha fame, continues to be a cultural and political lightning rod…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensComparing Online Posting Typologies Among Violent and Nonviolent Right-Wing Extremists
Although many researchers, practitioners, and policymakers are concerned about identifying and characterising online posting patterns of violent extremists prior to…
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…
Abbie RichardsExamining White Supremacist and Militant Accelerationism Trends on TikTok
In the wake of the racially motivated terrorist attack at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York in May 2022,…
Simon PurdueIdeological Nihilism and Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial Subcultures
The Highland Park shooter’s online footprint has seen a lot of scrutiny in the week since his attack, and rightly…
Jessica DavisTerrorist Financing and Technology: Understanding Approaches and Anticipating Risks
Over the last two decades, there has been considerable focus in the international community on countering the financing of terrorism…
Linda SchlegelPersuading with Fantasy: Why Digital P/CVE Narrative Campaigns May Benefit from Fictional Elements
The narratives we are exposed to and the stories we tell ourselves and each other have a profound impact on…
Laurence BindnerThe Buffalo Attack – Insights From the Suspected Terrorist’s Diary
The ‘diary’ of Payton Gendron, who carried out the Buffalo attack on May 14 2022 killing ten and wounding three,…
Kabir TanejaAl Qaeda, Islamic State, and Targeted Online Propaganda Around India’s Domestic Political Discourse
Some recent comments made by party functionaries of the ruling Bharaitya Janata Party (BJP) of India on Prophet Mohammed led…
Rajan BasraThe Future is Now: The Use of 3D-Printed Guns by Extremists and Terrorists
Over the past three years, the threat of extremists and terrorists making 3D-printed guns has changed from a hypothetical to…
Dr. Gerard GillNazis, Conspiracists, and the Australian Federal Election
In April 2022, police opened fire at a car that was accelerating towards them in the middle of Paris, killing…
Carlos Q‘Mujahideen in the West’: Al-Qaeda’s Newest Attack-Inciting Magazine
In February 2022, a new English-language magazine titled Mujahideen in the West (MITW) appeared on Al-Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated media platforms. The…
Dani OIslamic State Audacity of Hope/Facebook’s Islamic State Problem
Islamic State material, in any form, not least its raw and explicit form, has no place on the open web.…
Dr. Chamila LiyanageThe Rise of Narco-Terrorism in the Age of the Internet
Narco-terrorism is a term that explains drug trafficking cartels/organised crime groups which resort to terrorism to achieve their aims. Narco-terrorism…
Dr. Suraj LakhaniThe Gamification of Violent Extremism: An Empirical Exploration of the Christchurch Attack
This Insight is based on research conducted by the author and Susann Wiedlitzka, the results of which are extensively discussed…
Valerie Dickel‘Victims of Feminism’: Exploring Networked Misogyny and #MeToo in the Manosphere
The creation and circulation of online misogynist narratives can have dreadful consequences. For example, in 2014 Elliot Rodger killed six…
Brad GallowayThe Great Replacement and the Far-Right Music Scene
With this month’s far-right attack in Buffalo, there was a lot of discussion in the popular media and amongst policymakers…
Matthew KrinerUnderstanding Accelerationist Narratives: The Great Replacement Theory
On 14 May 2022, an 18-year-old white male allegedly perpetrated a carefully planned mass shooting targeting Black Americans. He opened…
Nathan DoctorRise of the Newest Alt-Tech Platform: Substack
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Substack CEO Chris Best described the email newsletter platform as an…
Brenna HelmExamining Incel Subculture on Reddit
The online presence of incels, or involuntary celibates, has been an increasing security concern for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in…
Sara AnianoDeflection and Denial Following the Buffalo Terror Attack
On Saturday, 14 May 2022, 18-year-old Payton Gendron drove to a supermarket in Buffalo, NY, live-streaming himself on Twitch as…
Miron LakomyWhy Do Online Countering Violent Extremism Strategies Not Work? The Case of Digital Jihad
Islamic State’s (IS) propaganda campaign in 2014-2015 marked a turning point in the history of digital jihad. The quality and…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensDifferentiating Online Posting Behaviours of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists
There is an ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to detect and assess online posting behaviours of violent extremists…
Manuel Ricardo Torres-SorianoHow to Erode Terrorists’ Trust in Cyberspace: The Role of Intelligence Services
One of the most crucial missions entrusted to intelligence services in the fight against jihadist terrorism is carried out on…
Sam AndrewsVideogames, Twitter and Far-Right Extremism: An Analysis of Twitter Hashtag Networks
Many social network theories emphasise the importance of network properties. Strong networks with many interlocking and reinforcing connections are essential…
Paulo Ravecca‘Gender Ideology’ and the Intersectional Politics of the Far-Right in Latin America
Intersectionality denotes an entire and complex subfield within the social sciences. A connecting thread across its different inflexions is the…
Dani OThe Protocols of Antisemitism: Cross Ideological Fixation on “Jewish Power”
“They let James Foley die, they let him die and they didn’t release her but guess what? Maybe they’ll have…
Claire BurchettHow the European Far Right is Using Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Radicalise its Audience
Current events provide key opportunities for right-wing extremist (RWE) groups to attract new members and radicalise those already within their…
Dr. Chamila LiyanageThe Taliban’s Trajectory in Securing Geographic, Electronic, and Geopolitical Sanctuaries
Though long hostile to social media, the Taliban regime readily embraced the haven on the Internet, setting up social media…
Hannah RoseZelenskyy, ‘Denazification’ and the Redirection of Holocaust Victimhood
As with many global crises, the online far-right is attempting to frame Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through their existing worldview.…
Hampton StallFrom Orange to Red: An Assessment of the Dark MAGA Trend in Far-Right Online Spaces
The Online Far-Right The far-right online goes through aesthetic and organisational shifts in waves. From Woods & Hahner’s Make America…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensExamining Online Indicators of Extremism Among Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists
Although there is an ongoing need for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to identify and assess the online activities of…
Beatriz BuarqueWhy Some Far-Right Circles are Contributing to Vladimir Putin’s Disinformation Campaign
A few weeks ago, one of the main Brazilian far-right platforms responsible for producing documentaries, promoting books, organising events, and…
Maddie CannonA Review of International Multi-Stakeholder Frameworks for Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online
In the last ten years, there has been a significant increase in multi-stakeholder forums working to create self-regulatory practices for…
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…
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