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Posts tagged with ‘Conspiracy Theories’

  • Sep252024

    The Dark Truth About Cats and Dogs: The Xenophobic Underbelly of the Springfield Conspiracy Theory

    Introduction ‘Please keep a close eye on these animals’. This is the last line of the original Facebook post behind…

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  • Sep022024

    Shadows of Wieambilla: Millenarian Content on Australian Conspiracist Facebook

    Introduction As the inquest into Australia’s first Christian extremist terror attack continues, this Insight explores the persistent use of religious…

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  • Aug292024

    Fomenting Civil War?: Disinformation Narratives after the Southport Attack

    Introduction Following the 29 July 2024 knife attack in Southport, England, which left three children dead and ten others injured,…

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  • Aug282024

    Fanning the Flames: Online Misinformation and Far-Right Violence in the UK

    Introduction Earlier this month, the UK grappled with possibly one of the worst instances of organised far-right violence in its…

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  • Jul312024

    ‘Islamic Republic of France’: AI and the Spreading of Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories Around the French Parliamentary Elections

    Introduction In the wake of the recent European elections, Emmanuel Macron stunned the continent following his party’s disappointing showing by…

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  • Jul152024

    All the World’s a Stage: How Predictive Programming Crafts Far-Right X Users’ Worldview

    Introduction This Insight investigates how far-right X users construct their worldview around fictional media and predictive programming, that is, the…

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  • Apr082024

    The Creeping Influence of the Extreme Right’s Meme Subculture in Southeast Asia’s TikTok Community

    Introduction In a GNET Insight from November 2023, Jonathan Sarwono identified the presence of an extreme right TikTok community based…

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  • Nov302023

    The Great Replacement in the Manosphere: Implications for Terrorism

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…

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  • Sep072023

    Towards a Policy Framework for Addressing Violent Conspiracy Theory Movements

    In this GNET Insights miniseries, ISD experts explore the complex intersection of conspiracy theories, violence and extremism. In the fourth…

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  • Sep062023

    Culture, Community and Narratives: Key Elements of Violent Conspiracy Theories 

    Across this GNET Insights miniseries, ISD experts explore the complex intersection of conspiracy theories, violence and extremism. In the third…

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