Blyth CrawfordQAnon Women in Politics Part Two: QAnon Careers
Over the last year, the QAnon conspiracy has cemented itself as part of the furniture of the American political landscape,…
Blyth CrawfordQAnon Women in Politics Part One: The QAnon Candidates
Content warning: discussion of rape and sexual violence statistics and child abuse. The 2020 United States election marked QAnon’s formal…
Isaac KfirThe Nexus Between Political Distrust and Online Extremism
We are living at a time when trust in established politicians and political institutions is at an all-time low, a…
Dr. William AllchornFrom Gangs to Groupuscules & Solo-Actor Terrorism: New Zealand Far-Right Narratives and Counter-Narratives in the Context of the Christchurch Attack
At 1.40pm on 15 March 2019, Christchurch shooter, Brenton Heston Tarrant, approached the Al-Noor Mosque near the city’s Hagley Park.…
Lydia KhalilDo Researchers Have an Obligation to Report Dangerous Actors?
The Lowy Institute recently conducted a survey of the terrorism and extremism research community regarding research on the role of…
Prithvi IyerKoo: India’s Latest Local Social Media Platform
Social media has greatly reconfigured the relationship between the state and its people, especially by becoming the primary avenue through…
Teo Kai XiangBridging the Gap Between Counterterrorism Research and Practice Through Game-Based Learning
Much journalistic and academic attention has been focused on understanding the role that games and gamification plays within extremist groups.…
Sammie WicksThe Conversation between Salafi-Jihadists, the Hirak, and the Algerian State
The Algerian Hirak movement has persisted since its beginning in February of 2019. Restrictions on large public gatherings associated with…
Abdelhak BassouCommunication, Military and Medical Technologies: Assets to Protect Against the Designs of Violent Extremists
Despite the archaic dogmas and obscurantist thinking underlying it, violent extremism has shown a great appetite for modernity, especially for…
Dr. Antoine JardinIS Perception of Far-Right and Far-Left Political Movements in the West
This note depicts core elements of the jihadi thoughts on the political polarisation of western societies and induced opportunities for…
Leanne CloseOnline Behaviours – Real World Harms
In the 20 years since the terrorist events of 11 September 2001, ever-evolving political, social and economic dynamics globally have…
Ye Bin WonMale Supremacism, Borderline Content, and Gaps in Existing Moderation Efforts
Leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter testified once again in front of the US House of Representatives in a hearing…
Dr. Lewys BraceThe Role of the Chans in the Far-Right Online Ecosystem
At 08:28 (NZDT) on 15 March 2019, a post was made to 8chan’s /pol board stating “Well lads, it’s time…
Broderick McDonaldHow QAnon Reacts to Failed Predictions
The QAnon movement is no stranger to failed predictions. Despite making numerous predictions about everything from the return of John…
Lydia KhalilAlternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on Telegram
The sovereign citizen movement is a collection of individuals and groups who reject the legitimacy of the state and hold…
Linda SchlegelLet’s Play Prevention: Can P/CVE Turn the Tables on Extremists’ Use of Gamification?
In the wake of the attacks in Christchurch, El Paso and Halle, the so-called ‘gamification of terror’ has made headlines…
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 KronaHyper-Reality, Identity and Mediatisation – A Sociological Reflection on the Pro-Islamic State Online Community
During the opening months of 2021 several pro-Islamic State unofficial media outlets have produced and shared a vast amount of…
Isaac KfirVenture Capitalism, Extremism and Accountability
Attempts to limit the dissemination of extreme digital speech have taken many forms as seen with Germany’s Network Enforcement Act…
Milo ComerfordTwo Years On: Understanding the Resonance of the Christchurch Attack on Imageboard Sites
15 March 2021 marked two years since the Christchurch terrorist attack in New Zealand, where 51 Muslims were killed by…
Flora KhooNo Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of Children
Imagine the horror of seeing a child in a video executing an individual. Islamic State (IS) raised the brutality of…
Dr. Robert BunkerMexican Cartel Use of Social Media
The use of social media by the Mexican cartels dates back approximately to the 2005-2006 era when the initial cartel…
Rachael FalkCyber-Enabled Extremism in Australia
While still a relatively young and geographically isolated nation state, Australia is no stranger to extremism. Over time, since the…
Dr. Julia DeCookThe Issue Isn’t Incels. It’s Racist Misogyny.
On 16 March 2021, NBC News reporter Kimmy Yam published a piece that summarised the research done by the organisation…
Meili CriezisRhetoric of Hate: A Case Study in Anti-East Asian Bigotry
On 16 March 2021, a man carried out a series of shootings at three massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia which…
Marc-André ArgentinoPastel QAnon
On 21 July 2020, Twitter Safety announced that they will be taking a stronger enforcement against “behavior that has the…
Brune DescampsLeaving the World of ‘Impiety’: French Salafi Settlers in Mauritania
Since 2019, online calls for hijra to Mauritania have soared within radical Islamist communities on the Internet. ‘Hijra’ is a…
Marc-André ArgentinoThe WQmen of QAnon
Women play an important part in radical and violent extremist movements; however, since men carry out the majority of violent…
Dr. Alastair ReedThe Ethics of Regulating Extremism Online: Five Elements for Content Moderation Frameworks
In the wake of the storming of the US capitol on 6 January, we saw unprecedented responses by tech companies…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensComparing the Online Posting Behaviours of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists
Despite the ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and assess the online activities of violent extremists prior…
Dr. Amarnath AmarasingamTurning the Tap Off: The Impacts of Social Media Shutdown After Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks
This blog post is a summary of key findings from research published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism as part of…
Devorah MargolinSelfie and Siege: Women’s Social Media Footprint and the US Capitol Hill Siege
As of 25 February 2021, over 250 federal cases have been brought against individuals for their alleged involvement in the…
Dr. Nick RobinsonPlaying for Hate?
The video game industry is the largest and fastest growing popular culture industry in the world by monetary value, yet…
Kabir TanejaThe Social Media Anatomy of New Radical Groups in Kashmir
In December 2020, a new militant group called the “United Liberation Front (ULF)” operating in Jammu & Kashmir made its…
Dr. William AllchornTurning Back to Biologised Racism: A Content Analysis of Patriotic Alternative UK’s Online Discourse
The UK far-right has experienced a marked transition in the past decade from parliamentary to more extra-parliamentary forms of activism.…
Dr. Maura ConwayOnline Extremism and Terrorism Researcher Security and Privacy: Some Practical Advice
Fortunately for Western scholars, as pointed out by Berger, “o date, jihadist extremists have not systematically targeted researchers for potential…
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