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Posts tagged with ‘Mass Shootings’

  • May052026

    Not Just Copycat: Digital Ecology of School-Targeted Violence in Lázaro Cárdenas

    On 24 March 2026, a 15-year-old student allegedly carried out an armed attack at a school in Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico,…

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  • May012026

    The ‘True Crime Community Stoplight Model’: Understanding Digital Pathways and Tumbler Ridge

    Content warning: This Insight contains mention of suicide, violence against children, and transphobic slurs. On 10 February 2026, eight people…

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  • Dec222025

    Cosplaying Columbine: How Memetic Violence Transformed Southeast Asia’s Extremist Threat

    The 7 November 2025 attack at Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 72 (SMAN 72) in North Jakarta represents a troubling manifestation…

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  • Oct082025

    Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence

    On 10 September 2025, in Orem, Utah, right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Investigators later reported that…

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  • May192025

    Modern-Day Lynchings: The Long History of Gamified White Supremacist Terrorism

    Introduction When a terrorist opened fire on African Americans at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, in May…

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  • Apr032025

    Anonymity, Performance, and Identity: An Analysis of the Antioch Shooting

    Introduction On 22 January 2025, a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, left one student dead and another…

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  • Mar182025

    Digital Pathways to Violence: the Tech Ecosystem Behind the Antioch Shooting

    Introduction: Technology, Radicalisation, and Security Failures On 22 January 2025, a 17-year-old student carried out a shooting at Antioch High…

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  • Apr032024

    The Moscow Terrorist Attack: Pro-Islamic State Narratives and their Wider Implications 

    Introduction On 22 March 2024, four gunmen entered Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia and carried out an attack killing…

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  • May162023

    The Allen, Texas Mass Shooting: An Examination of Misogyny, Anti-Asian Racism, and Internalised Racism

    Introduction Following the mass shooting in Allen, Texas on 6 May, rumours quickly began circulating about the shooter’s background and…

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  • Nov292022

    Fanning the Flames of Hate: The Transnational Diffusion of Online Anti-LGBT+ Rhetoric and Offline Mobilisation  

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…

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