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…
Dr. Eviane LeidigOdysee: The New YouTube for the Far-Right
The emergence of the newest platform favoured by far-right actors has received surprisingly little attention in the midst of ongoing…
Dr. Michael LoadenthalInfrastructure, Sabotage, and Accelerationism
In my previous GNET Insight, I focused on the ideological collision between anti-5G, the coronavirus, and the far-right. The present…
Brune DescampsWho are the Jihadi Video Journalists? An Analysis of a new Form of Activism in the Northwest of Syria
This Insight aims to depict the work of Idlib-based Western Islamist ‘backpack reporters’ who have specialised in reporting news from the…
Dr. Kaz RossChina and the Australian Far-Right
Since the start of the pandemic, China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have become a key rallying point…
Dr. Amarnath AmarasingamUnderstanding Canada’s Recent Ban of Far-Right Extremist Groups
On 3 February, the Canadian government added four far-right extremist groups to their list of proscribed terrorist entities. Some of…
Inga TrauthigAssessing Attempts at Removing German Far-Right Conspiracy Content in the Aftermath of Trump’s Presidency
2020 has been the year in which Germany achieved infamous standing as the country with the biggest QAnon community outside…
Dr. Rebecca Mignot-MahdaviThe Comeback of Unconstitutional Provisions Against Online Hatred in France: Second Attempt to Circumvent Judicial Review to Block Websites
Since the early 2010s, and even more so since the Paris attacks of 2015, France has taken a prominent role…
Dr. Shashi JayakumarSingapore: The Lure of the Far-Right
The news of the detention of a 16 year old self-radicalised Singaporean (of Protestant faith) who planned to murder Muslim…
Dr. Aaron TugendhaftJihadists at Play
When I began working on The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, I used research funds to buy…
Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman3D-Printed Gun Laws: Girding for the Future of Terrorism
In January 2021, the city-state of Singapore – which takes a firm stance against terrorism – passed a new law…
Meili CriezisFrom MAGA to the Fringe: What Was Happening Online Before the 6 January Insurrection and What Can We Do Now?
The last four to five years have seen a higher visibility surrounding the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) pro-Trump movement…
Peita RichardsResearching the Far-Right in a World on Pause: An Overview of Secondary, Public and Archival Data Sources
In the immediate aftermath of the 6 January attacks on the United States Capitol Building, in Washington D.C., it seemed…
Brad GallowayTurner Diaries: Defining a Movement
I first encountered the Turner Diaries in 1999, when a friend shared the book, with the advice that the novel…
Jonathan Lewis“Take Nothing But Pictures, Leave Nothing But (Digital) Footprints”: Social Media Evidence From the US Capitol Siege Perpetrators
As the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice continue their investigations into the alleged insurrectionists at the US…
Dr. Alexis HenshawExtremism in the Manosphere During the Presidential Transition
In recent months, the use of technology and social media to advance conspiracies and far-right ideologies has been the subject…
Jordan McSwineyAlt-Tech and Online Organising After the Capitol Riots
Since the deadly riots at the US Capitol on 6 January, social media platforms associated with the ‘Alt-Tech’ or ‘alternative…
Rachael FalkCountering the Veil of Deep Encryption
For Australians, it is an image that will forever define the scourge of Islamist terrorism. The smiling face of Khaled…
Dr. Daniel MiltonThe Impact of the Capitol Attacks on Extremist Operational Security
Operational security (OPSEC), both online and offline, remains a priority for many violent extremist groups and their members. As such…
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…
Dr. Rebecca Mignot-MahdaviBig Data and Counter-Terrorism: Uses and Boundaries
This blog post is a concept note for a T.M.C Asser Institute/ICCT workshop on uses of big data in the…
Meili CriezisRedpill the “Parler Refugees”: White Supremacist Strategies for Radicalising Trump Supporters on Telegram
On 6 January, insurrectionists stormed the US capitol and disrupted the confirmation of election results in the House and Senate;…
Ashley MattheisBeyond the ‘LULZ’: Memifying Murder as ‘Meaningful’ Gamification in Far-Right Content
Research on the relationship between video games and extremist propaganda has been increasing in the last few years in both…
Dr. Carol WinklerAttack Dates as Terrorist Messaging
In the aftermath of the violent political events of 6 January 2021 at the US Capitol, a cascade of governmental…
Dr. Maura ConwayWhy Deplatforming the Extreme Right is a Lot More Challenging than Deplatforming IS
In the wake of the mob violence at the US Capitol last week, Amarnath Amarasingam published a 17-part Twitter thread…
Marc-André ArgentinoAshli Babbitt: A Far-Right Martyr of the Insurrection
On 6 January, during the insurrection on Capitol Hill, Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot in the neck by Capitol police…
Kabir TanejaIntersection of Social Media, Foreign Policy and Extreme Narratives: An Example from India
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world and states struggled to contain the economic fallout of shutting…
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