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Posts tagged with ‘Europe’

  • Apr202026

    Speed Over Safeguards? The e-Evidence Regulation and Counter-Terrorism Investigations

    In March 2026, Europol coordinated its largest-ever referral action targeting terrorist audio propaganda, referring over 1,100 hours of online extremist…

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  • Apr132026

    The Resurgence of The Base in Europe: The Spanish Cell and a Transnational Accelerationist Network

    Introduction In December 2025, Spanish authorities dismantled a cell linked to The Base, an accelerationist white supremacist group designated as…

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  • Apr092026

    Francoism Online: Neo-Fascism, Memes, and Historical Revisionism in Spain

    In Spain, a recent study indicates that young men are showing an inclination toward far-right ideologies, often accompanied by an…

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  • Mar042026

    Spain’s New Neo-Nazi Networks: ‘Remigration’ and Radicalisation Online

    In Spain, hostility toward immigrants is one of the most prevalent forms of online hate, and it disproportionately targets people…

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  • Jan162026

    Testing Resilience: Can the Proposed EU Drone Wall Defend Against Extremist Actors?

    The European Union is developing a “Drone Wall”, officially named the European Drone Defence Initiative, consisting of a network of…

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  • Jan052026

    The Nordic Front of ‘764’: Trends, Drivers, and Countering Youth Exploitation and Radicalisation

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Addressing Youth Radicalization and Mobilization. GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Nov122025

    Echoes of Resistance: Mapping Geuzenbond and its Latest Plot in the Netherlands

    On 14 August 2025, Thomas Daveson – identified as Thomas D. by the media – was arrested in Badhoevendorp, in…

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  • Aug202025

    Spreading 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…

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  • Jul162025

    The 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…

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  • Jul142025

    AI 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.…

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