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Posts tagged with ‘Incel’

  • Jul132022

    Ideological Nihilism and Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial Subcultures

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    The Highland Park shooter’s online footprint has seen a lot of scrutiny in the week since his attack, and rightly…

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  • May232022

    Examining Incel Subculture on Reddit

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    The online presence of incels, or involuntary celibates, has been an increasing security concern for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in…

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  • Jan272022

    Understanding Accelerationist Narratives: Involuntary Celibacy

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    “If we can’t solve our problems we must DESTROY our problems…One day incels will realise their true strength and numbers,…

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  • Jan242022

    Assessing Misogyny as a ‘Gateway Drug’ into Violent Extremism

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    Researchers and practitioners in the field of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) have in recent years placed an increasing…

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  • Jan122022

    Incels and Securitisation: Between Fantasy and Reality

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    The horrific shooting in Plymouth by Jake Davison in August 2021 has led to an ongoing discussion about incels, what…

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  • Apr062021

    Male Supremacism, Borderline Content, and Gaps in Existing Moderation Efforts

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    Leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter testified once again in front of the US House of Representatives in a hearing…

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  • Mar192021

    The Issue Isn’t Incels. It’s Racist Misogyny.

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    On 16 March 2021, NBC News reporter Kimmy Yam published a piece that summarised the research done by the organisation…

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  • Jan222021

    Extremism in the Manosphere During the Presidential Transition

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    In recent months, the use of technology and social media to advance conspiracies and far-right ideologies has been the subject…

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  • May062020

    Remembering Toronto: Two Years Later, Incel Terrorism Threat Lingers

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    Two years after Alek Minassian’s homicidal vehicular rampage through Toronto, the deadliest incel terrorist attack to date, the violent fringes…

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  • Apr222020

    The ‘Incel’ Ideology Continues to Build a Strong Following in the Online ‘Manosphere’

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    While most of the counterterrorism community has focused on the threat posed by Salafi-jihadists and radical right-wing extremists, the growth…

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