Chloe SquiresThe Women Behind the Screens: How Digital Evidence Enhances Our Understanding of Female Terrorism Offenders
Read moreCriminal evidence is the key to prosecution. Yet, a UN report found that the collection of “sufficient and admissible” (p.…
Rebecca FainbergNeither Terrorist nor Criminal: How Hybrid Actors Fall Through Platform Moderators
Read moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…
Alessandro Bolpagni“Create, Share, and Support”: How Pro-Islamic State (Is) Supporters Are Exploiting Capcut to Produce and Disseminate ‘No-Brand’ Propaganda Content Online
Read moreSince the advent of the Internet, extremists have exploited digital spaces to produce and spread their propaganda, creating functional online…
Kye Allen‘From the Belly of the Beast!’: Militant Accelerationists and the Iran War
Read moreIntroduction Against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran War, a strand of militant accelerationism has rallied—with varying sincerity—behind the Islamic…
Jake KalenderExtremist Music Communities and Online Radicalisation: The Case of the Antioch High School Shooting
Read moreOn the 22nd of January 2025, Solomon Henderson (17) opened fire inside Antioch High School. He killed fellow student Josselin…
Ruben CeladaOnline Jihadist Responses to the Iran War: Divergence, Propaganda, and Positioning
Read moreSince the launch of Israeli and United States’ military operations against Iran on 28 February 2026, online jihadist ecosystems linked…
Urszula MrozowskaFrom Columbine to Teotihuacán: The Rise of Nihilistic Violence in Latin America
Read moreOn 20 April 2026, a shooting attack took place at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids. The alleged perpetrator, 27-year-old Julio César Jasso…
Georgia LalaInto the Manosphere: Louis Theroux’s Documentary and How Platforms Enable the Business of Misogyny
Read more“Everyone in the manosphere is online just trying to make a buck selling ideologies.” – Louis Theroux’s, Into the Manosphere…
Allizandra HerberholdThe ‘True Crime Community Stoplight Model’: Understanding Digital Pathways and Tumbler Ridge
Read moreContent warning: This Insight contains mention of suicide, violence against children, and transphobic slurs. On 10 February 2026, eight people…
Zhuoheng LiHan Ethnonationalism in China: From Historical Nostalgia to Transnational Extremism Influences
Read moreIn the last year, the visibility of Han ethnonationalism in China has been on the rise. Described by scholars as…
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