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Posts tagged with ‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism’

  • Jul182025

    Meaning Through Its Opposite: Significance Quest Theory and Nihilistic Violent Extremism

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    This Insight examines groups under The Com umbrella (a catch-all name for 764 and related groups such as CVLT and…

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  • Aug162024

    “Dead society”: Tracing the Online Dimension of a Militant Accelerationist-Inspired Attack in Turkey

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    Content warning: This Insight contains mentions of suicide and terrorist violence.  Introduction An assailant injured at least five people with…

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  • Jan192024

    764: The Intersection of Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Child Sexual Exploitation

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    Content warning: this Insight contains references to child sexual exploitation and violence Introduction On 12 September 2023, the FBI made…

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  • Dec082023

    Learning from the Leavers? The Promise (and Perils) of r/IncelExit 

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    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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  • Dec162022

    Generation Doomer: How Nihilism on Social Media is Creating a New Generation of Extremists

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    Introduction  A report from Common Sense Media found that on average, pre-teens spend about five and a half hours in…

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  • Oct042022

    Nihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential Dangers

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    In 2022, public mass shootings continue to present a serious societal challenge in the US. This year has already experienced over…

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  • Aug152022

    Understanding The Incel Experience Online

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    Incel, short for ‘involuntarily celibate’, is self-identification used exclusively by cis-gender, straight males who congregate exclusively in online spaces, and…

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  • 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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  • Feb152021

    Infrastructure, Sabotage, and Accelerationism

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    In my previous GNET Insight, I focused on the ideological collision between anti-5G, the coronavirus, and the far-right. The present…

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