- Dec082020
The 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…
Kabir Taneja - Dec072020
Assessing 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. Ryan Scrivens - Dec042020
Cyber 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…
Dr. Heejin Kim - Dec032020
Why 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…
Prof. Hanna Pfeifer - Dec022020
Of 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…
Linda Schlegel - Nov302020
Exploring 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…
Isaac Kfir - Nov262020
Now 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.…
Dr. Eviane Leidig - Nov252020
Upvoting 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…
Tiana Gaudette - Nov232020
American 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. Antoine Jardin - Nov202020
Cyberwar 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…
Dr. Valentine Crosset - Nov182020
Offline 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…
Exan Sharief - Nov162020
Online 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…
Dr. Patrick Bishop - Nov132020
Baghdadi Fan Mail
An earlier version of this Insight incorrectly mentioned Denmark in the table below, instead of Austria. This has now been…
Meili Criezis - Nov112020
Preempting 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…
Andrew Mines - Nov092020
Extremist 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…
Bennett Clifford - Nov062020
Social 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…
Laurence Bindner - Nov052020
The 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. Matthew Sharpe - Nov032020
Linear 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…
Dr. Carol Winkler - Nov022020
From 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…
Kabir Taneja - Oct302020
Rethinking 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…
Dr. Patrick Walsh - Oct292020
What’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…
Hampton Stall - Oct282020
Examining 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…
Dr. Ryan Scrivens - Oct272020
Digital 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…
Héni Nsaibia - Oct262020
LOL 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,…
Chelsea Daymon - Oct222020
Hindutva 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…
Nazneen Mohsina - Oct212020
Revisiting the Ecosystem of Islamic State’s ‘Virtual Caliphate’
The current ‘post-caliphate’ era of Islamic State (IS) has been widely discussed in recent years, following the organisation’s loss of…
Dr. Michael Krona - Oct192020
French Jihadism on the Internet: A Quantitative Overview
France has been one of the most-targeted Western countries by jihadist organisations in the past 5 years and one of…
Dr. Antoine Jardin - Oct162020
Jihadi Media and Online Secrecy as Doctrinal Values
The significant role of jihadists stationed in online battlefields was reflected as early as 2006 in the communicative philosophy of…
El Mostafa Rezrazi - Oct142020
Online White Supremacy: Looking for a Place to Spread Hate in the Age of Multiple Communication Platforms
Introduction A study by the Anti-Defamation League, which was published in early 2020, has found that American right-wing extremists were…
Dr. Ariel Koch - Oct122020
Macron’s Plan for Fighting Islamist Radicalisation – Offline
On 2 October French president Macron presented a 5-point plan to address Islamist radicalisation. It is one of the most…
Dr. Julian Junk - Oct092020
Lessons for 2020 from the Islamic State Online Fanclub
In 2015 one of the key problems for social media platforms was the rise of Islamic State (IS), their supporters…
Dr. Elizabeth Pearson - Oct072020
A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Right-Wing Extremist Facebook Group Pages
It’s well known that social media platforms play a significant role in facilitating right-wing extremist support networks and propagating extremist…
Jade Hutchinson - Oct052020
Conspiracy Extremism and Digital Complexity – Where to Start?
As the global COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, conspiracy theories are fuelling protests, altercations between citizens and law enforcement, property damage…
Elise Thomas - Oct022020
Toxic #Cybercampaigns: The Muslim Cyber Army versus Militant Pluralism
Social media campaigns are exacerbating a lurch towards polarisation in Indonesia. Fissures in Indonesian society brought about by large-scale ethnic…
Jennifer Yang Hui - Oct012020
Online Subcultures and the Challenges of Moderation
Introduction To those who grew up on the Internet, chan culture is nothing new – nor is it immediately synonymous…
Florence Keen - Sep292020
Exposing Terror, Building Resilience: Harnessing Citizen Journalists and Social Media to Confront Terrorism
“I can’t report”; “I don’t trust the security forces to report”; “I have reported before, but he–the terrorist–was released”; “reporting…
Omar Mohammed