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…
Dr. Michael KronaRevisiting 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. Antoine JardinFrench 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…
El Mostafa RezraziJihadi 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…
Dr. Ariel KochOnline 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. Julian JunkMacron’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. Elizabeth PearsonLessons 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…
Jade HutchinsonA 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…
Elise ThomasConspiracy 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…
Jennifer Yang HuiToxic #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…
Florence KeenOnline 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…
Omar MohammedExposing 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…
Kabir TanejaGeographically Contextualising Right-Wing Extremism for Tech Platforms: A Perspective From India
A rise in right-wing extremism in the United States has forced the FBI to call out a domestic terrorism threat.…
Samaya BoromIncreased Visibility of Far-Right Movements in Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Australia, once touted as a model for a considered and sustainable approach to COVID-19 is now in an interesting position…
Brune DescampsDiaries of Female Jihadists Imprisoned in Al-Hol Camp: An Analysis
Al-Hol Camp is located in Northern Syria, and shelters close to 70,000 people; mostly women and children who previously lived…
Dr. Yvonne Jazz RowaPart 2: Algorithmic Agency in Online Extremism: The Bigger Picture
The rapid pace of technological evolution and tactics of adversarial attacks confer epistemic authority to data scientists. These experts play…
Friederike WegenerStriking Similarities Between Islamist Terrorism and Violent Right-Wing Extremism
In his book Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition (2018), Francis Fukuyama describes nationalism and Islamism as…
Linda SchlegelNo Child’s Play: The Identitarian Movement’s ‘Patriotic’ Video Game
On 15 September, the German-speaking branch of the Identitarian Movement (Identitäre Bewegung; IB) released its first video game: A classic…
Dr. Yvonne Jazz RowaPart 1: Algorithmic Deconstruction in the Context of Online Extremism
Threats to cyberspace typically arise from intentional agents as well as systemic threats that emanate from the innate unpredictability of…
Dr. Elizabeth PearsonAn Insider Perspective: What the Internet Means to UK Jihadists
September 2016, just hours before I was due to interview the radical Islamist leader Anjem Choudary, I received a text.…
Anton PeezHate Speech in the Context of Mass Atrocity Crimes
The May 2020 arrest of Félicien Kabuga brought an end to a manhunt spanning 26 years and two continents. Among…
Dr. Michael LoadenthalDigital Resiliency and OPSEC Strategies Amongst Clandestine Networks
In June 2020, I detailed some of the operational and digital security (OPSEC) practices of English-language far-right networks as they…
Kabir TanejaIndian States, Deradicalisation and Online Platforms
Like many other countries, India has embarked on systemic deradicalisation programs over the past few years as part of its…
Katja Theodorakis‘Normal’ Authority? – Who’s Got the Power in a Democratic Information Environment
“Online, we do not yet have a tradition of the rule of law. We are not certain how to apply…
Devorah MargolinBalancing Online Content Moderation and the Rule of Law
Heated debates have continued to spring up around the world focusing on the growing role of technology companies in moderating…
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