- Oct272020Héni Nsaibia
Digital Dunes and Shrublands: A Comparative Introduction to the Sahelian Jihadi Propaganda Ecosystem
in InsightsThe Sahel comprises some of the world’s poorest countries. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are undergoing several crises that together…
- Oct262020Chelsea Daymon
LOL Extremism: Humour in Online Extremist Content
in InsightsHumour is a staple of life found in in-person interactions and in virtual environments. Many of us have viewed, shared,…
- Oct222020Nazneen Mohsina
Hindutva Vigilantism: Online Hate, Offline Harms
in InsightsIndia is witnessing a steep rise in ethno-religious majoritarianism, and social media is playing a significant role in empowering Hindu…
- Oct212020Dr. Michael Krona
Revisiting the Ecosystem of Islamic State’s ‘Virtual Caliphate’
in InsightsThe current ‘post-caliphate’ era of Islamic State (IS) has been widely discussed in recent years, following the organisation’s loss of…
- Oct092020Dr. Elizabeth Pearson
Lessons for 2020 from the Islamic State Online Fanclub
in InsightsIn 2015 one of the key problems for social media platforms was the rise of Islamic State (IS), their supporters…
- Sep292020Omar Mohammed
Exposing Terror, Building Resilience: Harnessing Citizen Journalists and Social Media to Confront Terrorism
in Insights“I can’t report”; “I don’t trust the security forces to report”; “I have reported before, but he–the terrorist–was released”; “reporting…
- Sep252020Kabir Taneja
Geographically Contextualising Right-Wing Extremism for Tech Platforms: A Perspective From India
in InsightsA rise in right-wing extremism in the United States has forced the FBI to call out a domestic terrorism threat.…
- Sep212020Dr. Yvonne Jazz Rowa
Part 2: Algorithmic Agency in Online Extremism: The Bigger Picture
in InsightsThe rapid pace of technological evolution and tactics of adversarial attacks confer epistemic authority to data scientists. These experts play…
- Sep182020Friederike Wegener
Striking Similarities Between Islamist Terrorism and Violent Right-Wing Extremism
in InsightsIn his book Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition (2018), Francis Fukuyama describes nationalism and Islamism as…
- Sep142020Dr. Elizabeth Pearson
An Insider Perspective: What the Internet Means to UK Jihadists
in InsightsSeptember 2016, just hours before I was due to interview the radical Islamist leader Anjem Choudary, I received a text.…
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