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Posts tagged with ‘Content Moderation’

  • Mar252026

    Rapid Growth, Emerging Risks: Far Right Violent Extremist Content on UpScrolled

    By the end of January 2026, the new social media platform UpScrolled became the most downloaded free app on Apple’s…

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  • Mar092026

    AI-led Content Moderation Tools: Are They The Answer To Combatting Online Extremism in Canada?

    Social media has proven to be a significant medium fomenting violent extremism, the circulation and exchange of online hate, and…

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  • Mar022026

    Silent Recruitment: Extremist Child Targeting on Messaging Platforms in Indonesia

    In November 2025, Indonesia’s National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88 AT Polri), together with the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), reported…

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  • Feb042026

    Shock and Awe: Geopolitical Disruption and Terrorist Narrative Opportunism Online

    The US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, generated a short but intense disruption in…

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  • Dec232025

    Cutting a Hydra’s Head: Infrastructure-Level Content Moderation and the Case of Kiwi Farms

    On 18 November 2025, the popular Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection provider Cloudflare suffered…

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  • Oct032025

    OSINT: 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),…

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  • Sep082025

    Can 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…

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  • Aug272025

    Voices 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…

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  • Aug132025

    Sovereign 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…

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  • Aug112025

    Introducing 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…

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