Thomas James Vaughan WilliamsDiscrepancies Between Social Media Policy and User Experience: A Preliminary Study of Extremist Content
Read moreIntroduction Latest reports have highlighted that as of April 2023, 60% of the world’s population utilises social media for an…
Georgia GilroyFanboys or the Frontline?: How al-Shabaab’s Social Media Influencers are Controlling the Narrative
Read moreFor over a decade, the Somali-based terrorist group al-Shabaab has prioritised media engagement as a critical component of its propaganda…
Audrey GagnonThe ‘Critical’ and the ‘Sheep’: How Users of Far-Right Pages on Social Media See Themselves and the Mainstream
Read moreThis Insight summarises some of the findings presented in the article “Far-right virtual communities: Exploring users and uses of far-right…
Meili CriezisWilayat Facebook and Instagram: An Exploration of Pro-IS Activities on Mainstream Platforms
Read moreIntroduction Previous research has greatly contributed to establishing and building our understanding of IS spaces on Telegram, Twitter, Facebook, and…
Manfredi PozzoliViolent Assemblages: Rethinking Screens, Media, and Lone Wolf Terrorism
Read moreIntroduction Terrorist acts often confront the public with gruesome images and unthinkable suffering. Understanding the motivations of terrorist attacks is…
Khalil BoughaliFrank James: The New York Subway Shooter’s Radical Discourse on Social Media
Read moreIntroduction On April 12, 2022, Frank R. James carried out a shooting in the New York City Subway, injuring ten…
Harrison PatesThe Dangers of Pseudohistorical Conspiracy Theories
Read moreIntroduction In November 2022, Netflix released their controversial documentary-style series entitled Ancient Apocalypse. It featured the musings of Graham Hancock,…
Kabir TanejaHow the Taliban is Building New Grey Areas for Global Tech to Address
Read moreIntroduction It has been more than a year since horrifying images of the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan emerged. The…
Ye Bin WonInfluential Moms: Examining Extremist Influencer Mothers
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…
Jordan ChapmanHitting Rock Bottom: The Radicalising Potential of Celebrity Culture
Read moreIn less than a month, Kanye West went from being one of the world’s most famous musicians and designers to…
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