Jade HutchinsonMore Than Just Pretty Pictures: A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Far-Right Extremist ‘Reaction’ Usage on Facebook
Read moreIntroduction In recent years, a significant amount of research has paid attention to the widespread use of social media among…
Justin GrandinettiPolitical Outrage Machines: Exploring the Algorithms Structuring Conspiracy TikTok
Read moreThe short-form streaming audio-video app TikTok has become near-synonymous with controversy—in no small part because of the spread of conspiratorial…
Brody McDonaldExtremists are Seeping Back into the Mainstream: Algorithmic Detection and Evasion Tactics on Social Media Platforms
Read moreAs ISIS established its caliphate in 2014, its supporters flooded mainstream social media platforms to share propaganda, plan attacks, and…
Ellie RogersThe Role of User Agency in the Algorithmic Amplification of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content
Read moreThere is an increasing focus by governments and certain concerned civil society initiatives that algorithms might be amplifying terrorist and…
Joe WhittakerRecommendation Systems and Extremism: What Do We Know?
Read moreOne of the most persistent policy concerns of recent years is the notion that social media platforms’ recommendation systems restrict…
Isaac KfirAlgorithms, the Search for Transcendence and Online Radicalisation
Read moreResearch on online radicalisation and recruitment has become increasingly sophisticated, with scholars looking at the processes, pathways, and triggers that…
Isaac KfirExploring the Link Between Uncertainty, Ahistoricism and Algorithms
Read moreWe are living in a time of extreme uncertainty. Nothing seems real because any fact is contestable. There are several…
Tiana GaudetteUpvoting Extremism: Collective Identity Formation and the Extreme Right on Reddit
Read moreResearchers who have explored right-wing extremists’ use of the Internet have typically focused their attention on dedicated hate sites and…
Dr. Valentine CrossetCyberwar on Twitter: Cyber-Vigilantes vs Islamic State
Read moreWith the multiplication of online jihadi content and terrorist attacks in the West in recent years, some users and hacktivist…
Dr. Yvonne Jazz RowaPart 2: Algorithmic Agency in Online Extremism: The Bigger Picture
Read moreThe rapid pace of technological evolution and tactics of adversarial attacks confer epistemic authority to data scientists. These experts play…
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