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Posts tagged with ‘Oceania’

  • Feb232026

    Undermoderated and Overlooked: Arabic Online Content on the Bondi Beach Attack

    Following the heinous attack on members of the Jewish community celebrating Chanukkah on Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025, large…

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  • Feb112026

    From Confusion to Extremism: How Deepfakes Facilitate Radicalisation

    On 14 December 2025, two gunmen opened fire on a public Hanukkah celebration attended by 1,000 people on Bondi Beach…

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  • Oct072025

    ‘The Generation of ‘Digital Natives’: How Far-Right Extremists Target Australian Youth Online for Radicalisation and Recruitment’

    Content disclaimers: All identifiers referencing real-life cases will be anonymised with pseudonyms, noting that in Australia, names are publicly withheld…

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  • Jul182025

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

    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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  • Jan092025

    “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all domestic terrorists”: Incels on the Bondi Attack

    Introduction This Insight examines responses to the Bondi stabbing attack of 2024 on incel forums, contributing to the current discussion…

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  • Sep022024

    Shadows of Wieambilla: Millenarian Content on Australian Conspiracist Facebook

    Introduction As the inquest into Australia’s first Christian extremist terror attack continues, this Insight explores the persistent use of religious…

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  • Nov282023

    Online Gendered Narratives, LGBTQI+ Targeting, and the Far-Right in Australia and the UK

    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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  • Jul212023

    Extremist Violence Against the Trans and LGBTQI+ Community in Australia: A Review of Recent Events

    Introduction Members of the LGBTQI+ community have long been targeted by far-right actors. However, across the last 12 months, violence…

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  • May232023

    Online Incitement and Small-Scale Terrorism: Violent Rhetoric from the Freedom Movement on Facebook

    Introduction Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess recently warned that the next terrorist attack in Australia is likely…

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  • Feb022023

    The Wieambilla Siege and Conspiracy-Fuelled Violent Extremism in Australia

    Introduction Gun violence is rare in Australia. In response to the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, Australia implemented strict gun…

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