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Posts tagged with ‘Islamic State’

  • May192021

    The Digital Transformations of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State in the Battle Against Online Propaganda

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    In the face of repeated Europol-led crackdowns, and frequent flagging of content by the EU Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU),…

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  • May072021

    Online Jihadist Chants: An Access Point for Incitement of Violence

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    Anasheed or jihadi chants (Anasheed Jihadiya) are forms of creative expression that serve a number of purposes including enjoyment, celebration,…

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  • Apr132021

    Communication, Military and Medical Technologies: Assets to Protect Against the Designs of Violent Extremists

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    Despite the archaic dogmas and obscurantist thinking underlying it, violent extremism has shown a great appetite for modernity, especially for…

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  • Apr092021

    IS Perception of Far-Right and Far-Left Political Movements in the West

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    This note depicts core elements of the jihadi thoughts on the political polarisation of western societies and induced opportunities for…

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  • Mar252021

    Hyper-Reality, Identity and Mediatisation – A Sociological Reflection on the Pro-Islamic State Online Community

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    During the opening months of 2021 several pro-Islamic State unofficial media outlets have produced and shared a vast amount of…

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  • Mar232021

    No Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of Children

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    Imagine the horror of seeing a child in a video executing an individual. Islamic State (IS) raised the brutality of…

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  • Feb012021

    Jihadists at Play

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    When I began working on The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, I used research funds to buy…

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  • Jan212021

    Countering the Veil of Deep Encryption

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    For Australians, it is an image that will forever define the scourge of Islamist terrorism. The smiling face of Khaled…

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  • Jan152021

    Why Deplatforming the Extreme Right is a Lot More Challenging than Deplatforming IS

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    In the wake of the mob violence at the US Capitol last week, Amarnath Amarasingam published a 17-part Twitter thread…

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  • Jan042021

    Easily Reproducible – The Structure of Islamic State Videos

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    Islamic State (IS) was perhaps the first jihadist group to produce video formats in a (quasi-)professional fashion: especially during the…

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