Nurrisha IsmailExtremist Nasheeds: Emerging Subcultures and the Cultivation of Radical Online Communities in Southeast Asia
Read moreThis Insight relies on open-source intelligence to examine how nasheeds – Islamic hymns – are exploited by violent extremist actors,…
Alessandro BolpagniExtremist Content Curation: Moderation Challenges on Pinterest and Means to Move Forward
Read moreOn 17 October 2025, the Coimisiún na Meán – Ireland’s agency for developing and regulating a thriving, diverse, creative, safe…
Daria Alexe“Agentic Smurfing”: How AI-Autonomous Micro-Laundering is Outpacing Traditional Terrorist Financing Detection
Read moreThe convergence of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency has created a new threat to counter-terrorism financing frameworks. By late 2025, extremist…
Muskan SangwanModern Warfare: The Islamic State’s Emerging Drone Instruction Ecosystem
Read moreOver the past decade, Islamic State (IS) has repeatedly adjusted the way it teaches technical skills, responding both to changes…
Riza KumarThe Weaponisation of Femininity: Gendered Realities in ISIS’s Digital Caliphate
Read moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…
Meili CriezisHave Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising
Read moreFollowing the 2019 Battle of Baghouz, which marked the Islamic State’s territorial collapse, IS-affiliated individuals flooded into camps run by…
Alessandro BolpagniIslamic State Information Technology: The New “Security Tips Series” of Electronic Horizon Foundation
Read moreIn 2020, at the launch of its first “Supporter’s Security Magazine” on the pro-IS Rocket.Chat server, the Electronic Horizon Foundation…
Paula Nunez-GuerraLight of Darkness: An Analysis of ISKP’s Digital Handbook
Read moreThe digital bulletin, Light of Darkness, was originally conceived as a supplementary component to Voice of Khurasan and has gradually…
Abdul BasitEvolution, Expansion and Diversification: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Umar Media
Read moreSince 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the Taliban’s insurgency model – to…
Cara RauVoices of Extremism: The Rise of Ala Nahjen Qaweem Foundation
Read moreOn 6 May 2025, a new Islamic State-supportive unofficial media outlet emerged on Element. According to its website, Element is…
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