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Posts tagged with ‘Radicalisation’

  • Sep222025

    Virtual Worlds, Real Threats: Violent Extremist Exploitation of Roblox and Wider Gaming Ecosystems

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    In January 2025, a man named James Wesley Burger used Roblox—a platform designed for creativity and youth engagement—to openly issue…

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  • Sep152025

    Evolution, Expansion and Diversification: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Umar Media

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    Since 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the Taliban’s insurgency model – to…

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  • Sep032025

    Building Digital Trust: Youth-Led Tech Solutions to Prevent Extremism in the Horn of Africa

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    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Addressing Youth Radicalization and Mobilization. GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Aug272025

    Voices of Extremism: The Rise of Ala Nahjen Qaweem Foundation

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    On 6 May 2025, a new Islamic State-supportive unofficial media outlet emerged on Element. According to its website, Element is…

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  • Jul232025

    ‘A New Society’: Behind Canadian Armed Forces Members’ Plot to Form a Militia and Seize Land 

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    On 8 July 2025, three men in Quebec, Canada, were arrested and charged with facilitating terrorist activity, and a fourth…

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  • 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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  • Jul022025

    Playing with Hate: How Far-Right Extremists Use Minecraft to Gamify Radicalisation

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    This Insight will analyse how far-right extremist networks have turned Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular online games, into…

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  • Jun302025

    Misogyny and Violent Extremism: Can Big Tech Fix the Glitch?

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    Content Warning: This Insight contains mentions of rape and violence against women. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is preventable, yet…

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  • Apr032025

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

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    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

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    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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