Adam RousselleClosing the Enforcement Gap: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance
This Insight is published to coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week to highlight positive interventionist technology tools in…
Kevin Marc BlasiakMalicious Use of AI and the Race to Respond: Innovation, Regulation, and Risk
Terrorist and Violent Extremist (TVE) actors are known as early adopters of emerging technologies. There is growing evidence that TVEs…
Nina KurtICERAID: Surveillance, Vigilantism, and Crypto-Rewards
Over the last several years, extremist and terrorist groups have begun using cryptocurrencies in a myriad of operational capacities. …
Se Youn ParkEveryday Extremism: Molka, Nth Room, and the Infrastructure of Digital Misogyny
Digital sex crimes such as South Korea’s molka (hidden camera) phenomenon and the Nth Room case are frequently described as…
Paula Nunez-GuerraLight of Darkness: An Analysis of ISKP’s Digital Handbook
The digital bulletin, Light of Darkness, was originally conceived as a supplementary component to Voice of Khurasan and has gradually…
Dr Yannick Veilleux-LepageSymbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence
On 10 September 2025, in Orem, Utah, right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Investigators later reported that…
Michaela Rana‘The Generation of ‘Digital Natives’: How Far-Right Extremists Target Australian Youth Online for Radicalisation and Recruitment’
Content disclaimers: All identifiers referencing real-life cases will be anonymised with pseudonyms, noting that in Australia, names are publicly withheld…
Timothy KapplerOSINT: The Digital Force-Multiplier for Extremist Violence
Violent extremists are continually adapting the ways in which they exploit digital platforms for coordination and recruitment. Open-source intelligence (OSINT),…
Rueben DassGen-Zs and Ghost Guns: Trends, Threats and Implications
Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several criminal violent extremist examples in recent…
Tore HammingVirtual Worlds, Real Threats: Violent Extremist Exploitation of Roblox and Wider Gaming Ecosystems
In January 2025, a man named James Wesley Burger used Roblox—a platform designed for creativity and youth engagement—to openly issue…
David WellsMapping Terrorist AI Use: Identifying Factors Behind a Relatively Slow Adoption Rate
Over the past three years, regional, national, and international governments have repeatedly raised concerns that the misuse of Generative AI…
Abdul BasitEvolution, Expansion and Diversification: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Umar Media
Since 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the Taliban’s insurgency model – to…
Stephen ReimerState of the Art: Unpacking the FATF’s Terrorist Financing Threat Assessment
On 8 July 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the global standard setter for countering the financing of…
Linda SchlegelCan Gaming Support Disengagement? Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Innovative Disengagement Approaches
The last few years have seen an increase in research efforts detailing how extremist actors are seeking to exploit video…
Ashreet AcharyaBeyond Hawala: Emerging Online Financing Trends Among South Asian Violent Extremist Groups in 2025
Throughout 2025, we have witnessed the rapid evolution of fundraising tactics used by violent extremist groups across South Asia. Despite…
Abraham Ename MinkoBuilding Digital Trust: Youth-Led Tech Solutions to Prevent Extremism in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa – a region encompassing Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and Djibouti – has long been at the epicentre…
Jose AkmalPixelated Profits: Terrorist Financing Through In-Game Economies in Indonesia
Indonesia’s massive gaming market, led by Mobile Legends, Free Fire, and PUBG Mobile, generates billions and functions as a digital…
Cara RauVoices of Extremism: The Rise of Ala Nahjen Qaweem Foundation
On 6 May 2025, a new Islamic State-supportive unofficial media outlet emerged on Element. According to its website, Element is…
Kye AllenBuilding Community, Spreading Hate: Extremism, Hate, and Arma 3
Following the 2019 Christchurch massacre, 4chan users allegedly showcased their efforts to replicate and roleplay the terrorist attack in Arma…
Anonymous AuthorSpreading Fire: Arson, Social Media, and the Violent Extreme-Right in Ireland
In early June 2025, anti-migrant violence exploded in Northern Ireland following the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by…
Tarun AgarwalDigital Aftershocks: Deepfakes in the Wake of the Pahalgam Attack in Kashmir
The terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India, on 22 April 2025 marked a tragic moment in the country’s history. The attack…
Michaela RanaAntisemitism and Terrorist Manifestos: “Where did you get your current beliefs? Mostly from the internet.”
This Insight contributes to GNET’s PhD Researcher Series, highlighting emerging academic voices in the field of countering violent extremism and…
Joseph StabileSovereign Solutions: Unpacking the Criminal History and Digital Footprint of an Extremist Seller
This Insight contributes to GNET’s PhD Researcher Series, highlighting emerging academic voices in the field of countering violent extremism and…
Ricardo Cabral PenteadoIntroducing BR-ECHO: A Tool to Fight Online Extremism in Brazilian Portuguese
This Insight contributes to GNET’s PhD Researcher Series, highlighting emerging academic voices in the field of countering violent extremism and…
Alessandro Bolpagni“Remaining and Expanding:” IS Munasirin and the pro-Islamic State Ecosystem on SimpleX Chat
Ever since the arrest of Telegram founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pavel Durov, IS munasirin and its supporters have…
Imtiaz BalochThe Shadow War in Balochistan: ISKP Weaponises Digital Land to Gain Influence
On 25 May, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), through its so-called official media outlet, Al-Azaim Media Foundation, released a…
Sonia SarkarTransnational White Supremacy: Digital Violent Extremism from West to East
In February, an 18-year-old Singaporean, Nick Lee Xing Qiu, was detained for planning to attack Malays and Muslims after being…
Nina KurtWeaponised Skies: The Expansion of Terrorist Drone Use Across Africa
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, have been on the rise among violent extremist and terrorist actors globally.…
Urszula MrozowskaGuerrillas Online: Recruitment, Propaganda, and Control by Colombia’s FARC-EP Dissidents and ELN
In 2016, Colombia signed a historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), a…
Devika Shanker-GrandpierrePost-Pahalgam Propaganda: Mapping Online Extremist Reactions to the April 2025 Kashmir Attack
On 22 April 2025, a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, killed 26 people. The four attackers questioned each…
Jessica Davis‘A New Society’: Behind Canadian Armed Forces Members’ Plot to Form a Militia and Seize Land
On 8 July 2025, three men in Quebec, Canada, were arrested and charged with facilitating terrorist activity, and a fourth…
Adam RousselleHezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion
In early 2024, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Syria-based hawala operator, Tawfiq Muhammad Said…
Dr. Gerard GillMeaning Through Its Opposite: Significance Quest Theory and Nihilistic Violent Extremism
This Insight examines groups under The Com umbrella (a catch-all name for 764 and related groups such as CVLT and…
Beatriz BuarqueThe Weaponisation of AI: Visual storytelling of the Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory Amid the Southport Riots
Artificial intelligence played a key role in the riots that followed the stabbing attack in Southport, UK, which claimed the…
Luke BaumgartnerAI at the Centre: Violent Extremist Exploitation in Pirkkala
On 20 May 2025, a 16-year-old boy stabbed three of his female classmates at the Vähäjärvi school in Pirkkala, Finland.…
Alessandro BolpagniAI-powered Translation: How AI Tools Could Shape a New Frontier of IS Propaganda Dissemination
Terrorists have always adopted and employed emerging technologies to organise acts of terror, radicalise, and produce propaganda to mobilise recruits.…
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