Dr. Timothy GrahamFrom #ArsonEmergency to #DanLiedPeopleDied: How Extremist Messaging Co-Opts Emergency Events on the Australian Twittersphere
Australia experienced two major emergency events in 2020, starting off with the summer bushfires, followed shortly after by the coronavirus…
Jonathan Lewis3D-Printed Guns, Untraceable Firearms, and Domestic Violent Extremist Actors
While uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel a massive increase in domestic gun sales, a supporter of the…
Friederike WegenerEco-Fascism: More than Tree-Loving Terrorists
The climate and ecological crisis was one of the dominating issues in 2019. Boosted by the visible environmental and ecological…
Yorck BeeseEasily Reproducible – The Structure of Islamic State Videos
Islamic State (IS) was perhaps the first jihadist group to produce video formats in a (quasi-)professional fashion: especially during the…
Cameron SumpterDeradicalisation by Videoconference
The pandemic has pushed the boundaries of what is possible (and appropriate) on videoconferencing applications. Despite strange side-effects like Zoom…
Jakob Guhl‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 and the Extremist Hijacking of Anti-Lockdown Protests The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes to our lives and…
Kayode AdebiyiMitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism
This blog post is a summary of key findings from research published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism as part…
Dr. Kamil YilmazClaiming and Glorifying Environmental Terrorism Online: The Case of PKK’s ‘Children of Fire Initiative’
On 9 October 2020, devastating forest fires broke out in multiple locations of Hatay province and became headlines in Turkey.…
Lise WaldekAfter Christchurch: Mapping Online Right-Wing Extremists
For all the hate, sometimes extending to talk of violence, the extremist milieu feature is also a highly social space.…
Dr. Victoria McCloudPaved With Good Intentions: How the EU Legislative Process has Placed Internet Voluntary Counter Extremism Near the Edge of the Legal Wilderness
The modest progress towards the modernisation and replacement of the current EU ePrivacy Directive has led to an uncomfortable legislative…
Dr. Hugo MicheronPraising Jihadist Attacks on TikTok and the Challenge of Protecting Youths From Online Extremism
On 26 November 2020, a Pakistani imam from a small town north of Paris was sentenced to 18 months in…
Kabir TanejaThe Sudden Rise of Indian Tech Platforms: Are they Prepared for the Challenge of Online Extremism?
The recent political crisis between India and China precipitated by the clashes on the disputed border between the two states…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensAssessing the Impact of U.S. Presidential Election Results on Extreme Right-Wing Mobilisation Online
Research has overwhelmingly found that central offline events influence online activity and highlight an important interaction between people’s on- and…
Dr. Heejin KimCyber Surveillance Technology, Unchecked – Can the Global Export Control Regime be a Stabiliser?
The proliferation and abuse of cyber surveillance technology is a global policy problem. Such a global problem requires a set…
Prof. Hanna PfeiferWhy Academic Struggles Over Words Matter
Politicians, the media, and social media users alike have framed recent attacks in Europe as instances of “Islamist” violence. The…
Linda SchlegelOf Challengers and Socialisers: How User Types Moderate the Appeal of Extremist Gamified Applications
Recent years have seen an increase in the gamification of digital extremist content and discussions around the potential implications of…
Isaac KfirExploring the Link Between Uncertainty, Ahistoricism and Algorithms
We are living in a time of extreme uncertainty. Nothing seems real because any fact is contestable. There are several…
Dr. Eviane LeidigNow Streaming: “Love Jihad” on Netflix
Until now, Netflix was a tech company that did not have to address issues related to extremism on its platform.…
Tiana GaudetteUpvoting Extremism: Collective Identity Formation and the Extreme Right on Reddit
Researchers who have explored right-wing extremists’ use of the Internet have typically focused their attention on dedicated hate sites and…
Dr. Antoine JardinAmerican Interest in Global Jihad – A Google Trend Analysis
Radicalisation, jihadism and terrorism-related issues were not extensively addressed during the 2020 US presidential campaign. In contrast to all previous…
Dr. Valentine CrossetCyberwar on Twitter: Cyber-Vigilantes vs Islamic State
With the multiplication of online jihadi content and terrorist attacks in the West in recent years, some users and hacktivist…
Exan ShariefOffline Meets Online: A Fused Messaging Ecosystem in Response to Violent Extremism in Mindanao
Conflict in Mindanao is rooted in both socioeconomic factors and identity politics. At present, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim…
Dr. Patrick BishopOnline Terrorist Content: Is it Time for an Independent Regulator?
In April 2019, the U.K. Government published its Online Harms white paper. This proposed the creation of a new independent…
Meili CriezisBaghdadi Fan Mail
An earlier version of this Insight incorrectly mentioned Denmark in the table below, instead of Austria. This has now been…
Andrew MinesPreempting the Storm: DOJ Moves to Tackle Terrorist and Criminal Use of Cryptocurrencies with Bolder International Approach
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the publication of a Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework penned by the Attorney General’s…
Bennett CliffordExtremist Experimentation with Text-Based Instant Messaging Applications
The text-based instant messaging platform Telegram has become a chief coordinating forum for several extremist online milieus over the past…
Laurence BindnerSocial Media and the Murder of Samuel Paty
Could better monitoring have prevented a terror attack? If we recap the spiral of events that led to the beheading…
Dr. Matthew SharpeThe Hate Matrix of Online Gaming
The word that the extreme right use to describe the political radicalisation of newcomers to their worldview is “red pilling”.…
Dr. Carol WinklerLinear Relationships Between Islamic State’s Extent of Territorial Control and its Visual Messaging Campaign
The importance of online media campaigns to non-state, militant groups is difficult to overstate and a folly to ignore. Online…
Kabir TanejaFrom ShamiWitness to QMap: The Movement of ‘One’ in Online Radicalisation
The development of the right-wing conspiracy ecosystem known as QAnon in and around the US elections has been witnessed with…
Dr. Patrick WalshRethinking Bioterrorism Post COVID-19
COVID-19 has demonstrated the need for greater strategic and operational integration between public health and national security agencies. It has…
Hampton StallWhat’s in a Meme? The Rise of “Saint Kyle”
The media has been captured the past two weeks with the news of the FBI and Michigan police pressing charges…
Dr. Ryan ScrivensExamining the Developmental Pathways of Online Posting Behaviour in Violent Right-Wing Extremist Forums
Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have paid close attention to the presence of terrorists and extremists online in recent years, with…
Héni NsaibiaDigital Dunes and Shrublands: A Comparative Introduction to the Sahelian Jihadi Propaganda Ecosystem
The Sahel comprises some of the world’s poorest countries. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are undergoing several crises that together…
Chelsea DaymonLOL Extremism: Humour in Online Extremist Content
Humour is a staple of life found in in-person interactions and in virtual environments. Many of us have viewed, shared,…
Nazneen MohsinaHindutva Vigilantism: Online Hate, Offline Harms
India is witnessing a steep rise in ethno-religious majoritarianism, and social media is playing a significant role in empowering Hindu…
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