Kye AllenYou Talkin’ to Me? Algorithmic Mirrors and Chatbot Radicalisation
Read moreIn his latest assessment to Parliament, Jonathan Hall KC, the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, warns of the…
Dr Yannick Veilleux-LepageSymbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence
Read moreOn 10 September 2025, in Orem, Utah, right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Investigators later reported that…
Dr. Gerard GillMeaning Through Its Opposite: Significance Quest Theory and Nihilistic Violent Extremism
Read moreThis Insight examines groups under The Com umbrella (a catch-all name for 764 and related groups such as CVLT and…
Arthur Bradley“Dead society”: Tracing the Online Dimension of a Militant Accelerationist-Inspired Attack in Turkey
Read moreContent warning: This Insight contains mentions of suicide and terrorist violence. Introduction An assailant injured at least five people with…
Marc-André Argentino764: The Intersection of Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Child Sexual Exploitation
Read moreContent warning: this Insight contains references to child sexual exploitation and violence Introduction On 12 September 2023, the FBI made…
Allysa CzerwinskyLearning from the Leavers? The Promise (and Perils) of r/IncelExit
Read moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…
Daniel SiegelGeneration Doomer: How Nihilism on Social Media is Creating a New Generation of Extremists
Read moreIntroduction A report from Common Sense Media found that on average, pre-teens spend about five and a half hours in…
Sammie WicksNihilism and Mass Shooterism: Unclear Categories and Potential Dangers
Read moreIn 2022, public mass shootings continue to present a serious societal challenge in the US. This year has already experienced over…
Maeve ParkUnderstanding The Incel Experience Online
Read moreIncel, short for ‘involuntarily celibate’, is self-identification used exclusively by cis-gender, straight males who congregate exclusively in online spaces, and…
Simon PurdueIdeological Nihilism and Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial Subcultures
Read moreThe Highland Park shooter’s online footprint has seen a lot of scrutiny in the week since his attack, and rightly…
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